INFORMATION BULLETIN

S-366: Gaim Vulnerability

[Debian Security Advisory DSA-1610-1]

August 20, 2008 16:00 GMT


PROBLEM:	It was discovered that Gaim, an multi-protocol instant messaging client, was vulnerable to several integer overflows in its MSN protocol handlers. These could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
PLATFORM:	Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
DAMAGE:	Execute arbitrary code.
SOLUTION:	Upgrade to the appropriate version.

VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT:	The risk is MEDIUM. These could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

CVSS 2 BASE SCORE: TEMPORAL SCORE: VECTOR:	7.5 6.2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C)

LINKS:
CIAC BULLETIN:	http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/s-366.shtml
ORIGINAL BULLETIN:	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1610
CVE:	CVE-2008-2927

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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1610-1 gaim -- integer overflow

Date Reported:

15 Jul 2008

Affected Packages:

gaim

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-2927.

More information:

It was discovered that gaim, an multi-protocol instant messaging client, was vulnerable to several integer overflows in its MSN protocol handlers. These could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:2.0.0+beta5-10etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this package is not present.

We recommend that you upgrade your gaim package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_2.0.0+beta5.orig.tar.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1.diff.gz
Architecture-independent component:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-data_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_all.deb
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dbg_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dbg_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dbg_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_arm.deb
HP Precision:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dbg_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dbg_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dbg_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dbg_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_mips.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dbg_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dbg_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dbg_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_2.0.0+beta5-10etch1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.


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