Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53058
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:518
Summary:	Redhat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:518
Description:	The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2005:518. The Gaim application is a multi-protocol instant messaging client. Jacopo Ottaviani discovered a bug in the way Gaim handles Yahoo! Messenger file transfers. It is possible for a malicious user to send a specially crafted file transfer request that causes Gaim to crash. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-1269 to this issue. Additionally, Hugo de Bokkenrijder discovered a bug in the way Gaim parses MSN Messenger messages. It is possible for a malicious user to send a specially crafted MSN Messenger message that causes Gaim to crash. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-1934 to this issue. Users of gaim are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains version 1.3.1 and is not vulnerable to these issues. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-518.html Risk factor : Medium
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-1269 Debian Security Information: DSA-734 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-734 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/426078/100/0/threaded http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-11.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:099 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-518.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2005:036 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-139-1 BugTraq ID: 13931 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13931 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:744 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9544 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-1934 BugTraq ID: 13932 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13932 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:263 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10368
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