Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.52632
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:432
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2005:432. 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 in the way Gaim processes SNAC packets was discovered. It is possible that a remote attacker could send a specially crafted SNAC packet to a Gaim client, causing the client to stop responding. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0472 to this issue. Users of Gaim are advised to upgrade to this updated package which contains gaim version 0.59.9 with backported patches to correct 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-2005-432.html Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 7.5
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0472 12589 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12589 14322 http://secunia.com/advisories/14322 20050225 [USN-85-1] Gaim vulnerabilities http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110935655500670&w=2 CLA-2005:933 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000933 DSA-716 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-716 FLSA:158543 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded GLSA-200503-03 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-03.xml MDKSA-2005:049 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:049 RHSA-2005:215 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-215.html RHSA-2005:432 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-432.html SUSE-SA:2005:036 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html VU#839280 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/839280 gaim-snac-dos(19380) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19380 http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/index.php?id=10 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10433 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10433 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 RHSA-2005:429 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-429.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
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