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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2005:518 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2005-06-16
Updated:
2005-06-16

RHSA-2005:518 - Security Advisory

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  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

gaim security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An updated gaim package that fixes two denial of service issues is now
available.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

Description

The Gaim application is a multi-protocol instant messaging client.

Jacopo Ottaviani discovered a bug in the way Gaim handles Yahoo! Messenger
file transfers. It is possible for a malicious user to send a specially
crafted file transfer request that causes Gaim to crash. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name
CAN-2005-1269 to this issue.

Additionally, Hugo de Bokkenrijder discovered a bug in the way Gaim parses
MSN Messenger messages. It is possible for a malicious user to send a
specially crafted MSN Messenger message that causes Gaim to crash. The
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned
the name CAN-2005-1934 to this issue.

Users of gaim are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains
version 1.3.1 and is not vulnerable to these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc

Fixes

  • BZ - 159691 - CAN-2005-1269 Gaim yahoo utf8 crasher
  • BZ - 159961 - CAN-2005-1934 Gaim MSN protocol DoS

CVEs

  • CVE-2005-1269
  • CVE-2005-1934

References

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
gaim-1.3.1-0.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 12bd229b87bb4e0700bf9059ce5a2cba5f06aa46dd16cae4d23bd93e530b9a23
x86_64
gaim-1.3.1-0.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 25f4912b86bc650c4bc4231c851f1aece0d6890ace314f7ef3b937f560214282
gaim-1.3.1-0.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 25f4912b86bc650c4bc4231c851f1aece0d6890ace314f7ef3b937f560214282
ia64
gaim-1.3.1-0.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: c131ebc35e3f7a675034df9ae35743b22162f8314ba8abfaa296e748f25030f4
gaim-1.3.1-0.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: c131ebc35e3f7a675034df9ae35743b22162f8314ba8abfaa296e748f25030f4
i386
gaim-1.3.1-0.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 45d8a031691de70853c1eea6a7549ec92d18ef3cd9bf72ad48a6e68a8b346d52
gaim-1.3.1-0.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 45d8a031691de70853c1eea6a7549ec92d18ef3cd9bf72ad48a6e68a8b346d52

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
gaim-1.3.1-0.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 12bd229b87bb4e0700bf9059ce5a2cba5f06aa46dd16cae4d23bd93e530b9a23
x86_64
gaim-1.3.1-0.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 25f4912b86bc650c4bc4231c851f1aece0d6890ace314f7ef3b937f560214282
ia64
gaim-1.3.1-0.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: c131ebc35e3f7a675034df9ae35743b22162f8314ba8abfaa296e748f25030f4
i386
gaim-1.3.1-0.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 45d8a031691de70853c1eea6a7549ec92d18ef3cd9bf72ad48a6e68a8b346d52

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3

SRPM
x86_64
ia64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
gaim-1.3.1-0.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 12bd229b87bb4e0700bf9059ce5a2cba5f06aa46dd16cae4d23bd93e530b9a23
x86_64
gaim-1.3.1-0.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 25f4912b86bc650c4bc4231c851f1aece0d6890ace314f7ef3b937f560214282
i386
gaim-1.3.1-0.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: 45d8a031691de70853c1eea6a7549ec92d18ef3cd9bf72ad48a6e68a8b346d52

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3

SRPM
x86_64
i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
gaim-1.3.1-0.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 12bd229b87bb4e0700bf9059ce5a2cba5f06aa46dd16cae4d23bd93e530b9a23
s390x
gaim-1.3.1-0.el4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: b56b1dee067375adacd4cb7aa1b858f89679c32ffbfc21bdd9dca890d717913a
s390
gaim-1.3.1-0.el4.s390.rpm SHA-256: 2096f5d17621f5fc20ea4bcacb88746f0b1fec9590913de1009b4ef91ac49f41

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3

SRPM
s390x
s390

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
gaim-1.3.1-0.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: 12bd229b87bb4e0700bf9059ce5a2cba5f06aa46dd16cae4d23bd93e530b9a23
ppc
gaim-1.3.1-0.el4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 3901e73ba4e408b1ec6d38a8da7c7e51f2c4999ae0f087dd7f6e579b76f966df

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3

SRPM
ppc

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