Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64071
Category:	Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:	Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:127 (gaim)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update to gaim;announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:127.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update to gaim announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:127. Vulnerability Insight: It was discovered that Gaim did not properly handle certain malformed messages in the MSN protocol handler. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted message and possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2008-2927) Affected: Corporate 3.0 Solution: To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. CVSS Score: 6.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-2927 1020451 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020451 20080625 Pidgin 2.4.1 Vulnerability http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493682 20080806 rPSA-2008-0246-1 gaim http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495165/100/0/threaded 20080828 ZDI-08-054: Multiple Vendor libpurple MSN Protocol SLP Message Heap Overflow Vulnerability http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495818/100/0/threaded 29956 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29956 30971 http://secunia.com/advisories/30971 31016 http://secunia.com/advisories/31016 31105 http://secunia.com/advisories/31105 31387 http://secunia.com/advisories/31387 31642 http://secunia.com/advisories/31642 32859 http://secunia.com/advisories/32859 32861 http://secunia.com/advisories/32861 ADV-2008-2032 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2032/references DSA-1610 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1610 MDVSA-2008:143 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:143 MDVSA-2009:127 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:127 RHSA-2008:0584 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0584.html USN-675-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1 USN-675-2 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-2 [oss-security] 20080703 Re: Re: CVE Request (pidgin) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/04/1 [oss-security] 20080704 Re: Re: CVE Request (pidgin) http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/03/6 adium-msnprotocol-code-execution(44774) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44774 http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/6eb1949a96fa80a4c744fc749c2562abc4cc9ed6/with/c3831c9181f4f61b747321240086ee79e4a08fd8/libpurple/protocols/msn/slplink.c http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/diff/6eb1949a96fa80a4c744fc749c2562abc4cc9ed6/with/c3831c9181f4f61b747321240086ee79e4a08fd8/libpurple/protocols/msnp9/slplink.c http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0246 http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=25 http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-054 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453764 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2647 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11695 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11695 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17972 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17972
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