Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.50599
Category:	Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:	Mandrake Security Advisory MDKSA-2004:117 (gaim)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to gaim announced via advisory MDKSA-2004:117. A vulnerability in the MSN protocol handler in the gaim instant messenger application was discovered. When receiving unexpected sequences of MSNSLP messages, it is possible that an attacker could trigger an internal buffer overflow which could lead to a crash or even code execution as the user running gaim. The updated packages are patched to fix this problem. This problem does not affect Mandrakelinux 10.0 installations. Affected versions: 10.1 Solution: To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDKSA-2004:117 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0891 Risk factor : Critical CVSS Score: 10.0
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0891 https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2188 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-23.xml https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11790 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-604.html https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-8-1/ XForce ISS Database: gaim-file-transfer-dos(17790) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17790 XForce ISS Database: gaim-msn-slp-bo(17786) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17786 XForce ISS Database: gaim-msn-slp-dos(17787) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17787
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