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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55187
Category:Slackware Local Security Checks
Title:Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2005-242-03)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'gaim' package(s) announced via the SSA:2005-242-03 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'gaim' package(s) announced via the SSA:2005-242-03 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
New gaim packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1,
and -current to fix some security issues. including:

AIM/ICQ away message buffer overflow
AIM/ICQ non-UTF-8 filename crash
Gadu-Gadu memory alignment bug

Sites that use GAIM should upgrade to the new version.

More details about these issues may be found in the Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

[links moved to references]


Here are the details from the Slackware 10.1 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
patches/packages/gaim-1.5.0-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to gaim-1.5.0.
This fixes some more security issues.
For more information, see:
[links moved to references]
(* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+

Affected Software/OS:
'gaim' package(s) on Slackware 9.0, Slackware 9.1, Slackware 10.0, Slackware 10.1, Slackware current.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.5

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2102
14531
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14531
FLSA:158543
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded
RHSA-2005:627
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-627.html
SUSE-SR:2005:019
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_19_sr.html
USN-168-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/168-1/
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=21
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9283
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9283
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2103
RHSA-2005:589
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-589.html
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/?id=22
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11477
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11477
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2370
BugTraq ID: 24600
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24600
Bugtraq: 20050721 Multiple vulnerabilities in libgadu and ekg package (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112198499417250&w=2
Debian Security Information: DSA-1318 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1318
Debian Security Information: DSA-813 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-813
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10456
http://secunia.com/advisories/16265
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