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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:NOSUMMARY
Description: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

CVSS Score:
5.0

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-2005-0473
VU#523888
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/523888
gaim-html-dos(19381)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19381
http://gaim.sourceforge.net/security/index.php?id=11
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10212
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10212
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0208
BugTraq ID: 12660
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12660
Bugtraq: 20050225 [USN-85-1] Gaim vulnerabilities (Google Search)
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#795812
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/795812
Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2005:933
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10477
http://secunia.com/advisories/14386
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2005:036 (Google Search)
CopyrightCopyright (c) 2005 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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