Package : gaim Vulnerability : denial of service Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-1269 CAN-2005-1934
Two denial of service problems have been discovered in Gaim, a multi-protocol instant messaging client. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
CAN-2005-1269
A malformed Yahoo filename can result in a crash of the application.
CAN-2005-1934
A malformed MSN message can lead to incorrect memory allocation resulting in a crash of the application.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not seem to be affected.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.1-1.3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.1-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your gaim package.
Upgrade Instructions --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge --------------------------------