Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.51855
Category:	Conectiva Local Security Checks
Title:	Conectiva Security Advisory CLA-2005:933
Summary:	Conectiva Security Advisory CLA-2005:933
Description:	The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory CLA-2005:933. Gaim[1] is a multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client. This announcement fixes three denial of service vulnerabilities that were encountered in Gaim. The fixed vulnerabilities are: CVE-2005-0472[2]: Gaim before 1.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via malformed SNAC packets from AIM or ICQ. CVE-2005-0473[3]: The HTML parsing functions in Gaim before 1.1.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via malformed HTML that causes an invalid memory access. CVE-2005-0208[4]: The HTML parsing functions in Gaim before 1.1.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via malformed HTML that causes an invalid memory access. This vulnerabity is diferent from CVE-2005-0473. For further informations on Gaim's vulnerabilities, please refer to the project's security page[5]. Solution: The apt tool can be used to perform RPM package upgrades by running 'apt-get update' followed by 'apt-get upgrade' http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/ http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=CLA-2005:933 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000933 Risk factor : Medium
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0472 Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2005:933 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000933 Debian Security Information: DSA-716 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-716 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-03.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:049 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-215.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-432.html Bugtraq: 20050225 [USN-85-1] Gaim vulnerabilities (Google Search) http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=110935655500670&w=2 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2005:036 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#839280 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/839280 BugTraq ID: 12589 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12589 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10433 http://secunia.com/advisories/14322 XForce ISS Database: gaim-snac-dos(19380) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/19380 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0473 CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#523888 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/523888 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10212 XForce ISS Database: gaim-html-dos(19381) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/19381 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0208 CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#795812 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/795812 BugTraq ID: 12660 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12660 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10477 http://secunia.com/advisories/14386
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