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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200505-09">
+ <title>Gaim: Denial of Service and buffer overflow vulnerabilties</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ Gaim contains two vulnerabilities, potentially resulting in the execution
+ of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">gaim</product>
+ <announced>2005-05-12</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2005-05-12</revised>
+ <bug>91862</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-im/gaim" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.3.0</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.3.0</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Gaim is a full featured instant messaging client which handles a
+ variety of instant messaging protocols.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Stu Tomlinson discovered that Gaim is vulnerable to a remote stack
+ based buffer overflow when receiving messages in certain protocols,
+ like Jabber and SILC, with a very long URL (CAN-2005-1261). Siebe
+ Tolsma discovered that Gaim is also vulnerable to a remote Denial of
+ Service attack when receiving a specially crafted MSN message
+ (CAN-2005-1262).
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>
+ A remote attacker could cause a buffer overflow by sending an
+ instant message with a very long URL, potentially leading to the
+ execution of malicious code. By sending a SLP message with an empty
+ body, a remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service or crash of the
+ Gaim client.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There are no known workarounds at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All Gaim users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-im/gaim-1.3.0"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1261">CAN-2005-1261</uri>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1262">CAN-2005-1262</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-05-11T11:51:15Z">
+ DerCorny
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-05-12T04:18:52Z">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>