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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8-1 October 27, 2004
gaim vulnerabilities
CAN-2004-0891
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog)
The following packages are affected:
gaim
The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to
version 1:1.0.0-1ubuntu1.1. In general, a standard system upgrade is
sufficient to effect the necessary changes.
Details follow:
A buffer overflow and two remote crashes were recently discovered in
gaim's MSN protocol handler. An attacker could potentially execute
arbitrary code with the user's privileges by crafting and sending a
particular MSN message.
Source archives:
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.0.0-1ubuntu1.1.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 40716 a1cd244a1d9197c9a4855706f857ede2
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.0.0-1ubuntu1.1.dsc
Size/MD5: 853 dbd5a82e0fa2c33df8fc26d636a2f9f1
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.0.0.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 6985979 7dde686aace751a49dce734fd0cb7ace
amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.0.0-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 3443672 0a2a22b071c0256a2d68d20b474fdddc
i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.0.0-1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 3353616 1b825ce8a2cbba5fa2171fa089f71112
powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.0.0-1ubuntu1.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 3417684 bae36e86bcf49722af6497d55a2de5fc
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