Package : gaim Vulnerability : denial of service Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-0472
It has been discovered that certain malformed SNAC packets sent by other AIM or ICQ users can trigger an infinite loop in Gaim, a multi-protocol instant messaging client, and hence lead to a denial of service of the client.
Two more denial of service conditions have been discovered in newer versions of Gaim which are fixed in the package in sid but are not present in the package in woody.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.58-2.5.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.1.3-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your gaim packages.
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 3.0 alias woody --------------------------------