USN-781-2: Gaim vulnerabilities

Submitted by k4tz on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 16:18

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-781-2 June 03, 2009

gaim vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-1373, CVE-2009-1376 ===========================================================

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:

gaim 1:1.5.0+1.5.1cvs20051015-1ubuntu10.2

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Gaim to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

It was discovered that Gaim did not properly handle certain malformed messages when sending a file using the XMPP protocol handler. If a user were tricked into sending a file, a remote attacker could send a specially crafted response and cause Gaim to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2009-1373)

It was discovered that Gaim did not properly handle certain malformed messages in the MSN protocol handler. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted message and possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2009-1376)

 

Source: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-781-2