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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64680
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:208 (libgadu)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to libgadu;announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:208.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to libgadu
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:208.

Vulnerability Insight:
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in libgadu:

libgadu before 1.8.2 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service
(crash) via a contact description with a large length, which triggers
a buffer over-read (CVE-2008-4776).

This update provides a solution to this vulnerability.

Affected: 2008.1, 2009.0, Enterprise Server 5.0

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4776
BugTraq ID: 31951
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31951
Debian Security Information: DSA-1664 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1664
http://lists.ziew.org/pipermail/libgadu-devel/2008-October/000331.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:023 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00012.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-692-1
XForce ISS Database: libgadu-contactdescription-bo(46158)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46158
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