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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51626
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Legacy Security Advisory FLSA-2005:2188
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory FLSA-2005:2188.

A buffer overflow has been discovered in the MSN protocol handler. When
receiving unexpected sequence of MSNSLP messages, it is possible that an
attacker could cause an internal buffer overflow, leading to a crash or
possible code execution. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0891 to this
issue.

This updated gaim package also fixes multiple user interface, protocol,
and error handling problems, including an ICQ communication encoding
issue.

Users of gaim are advised to upgrade to this updated package which
contains gaim version 1.0.2 and is not vulnerable to these issues.

Affected platforms:
Redhat 7.3
Redhat 9

Solution:
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FLSA-2005:2188

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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