Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.52631
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:429
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2005:429. The Gaim application is a multi-protocol instant messaging client. A stack based buffer overflow bug was found in the way gaim processes a message containing a URL. A remote attacker could send a carefully crafted message resulting in the execution of arbitrary code on a victim's machine. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-1261 to this issue. A bug was found in the way gaim handles malformed MSN messages. A remote attacker could send a carefully crafted MSN message causing gaim to crash. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-1262 to this issue. Users of Gaim are advised to upgrade to this updated package which contains backported patches and is not vulnerable to these issues. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-429.html Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 7.5
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-1261 13590 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13590 ADV-2005-0519 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0519 FLSA:158543 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded RHSA-2005:429 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-429.html RHSA-2005:432 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-432.html http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/index.php?id=16 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10725 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10725 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-1262 13591 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13591 SUSE-SA:2005:036 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/index.php?id=17 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10861 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10861
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