USN-140-1: Gaim vulnerability

Publication date

15 June 2005

Overview

Gaim vulnerability

Releases


Details

A remote Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in Gaim. A
remote attacker could crash the Gaim client of an MSN user by sending
a specially crafted MSN package which states an invalid body length in
the header.

A remote Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in Gaim. A
remote attacker could crash the Gaim client of an MSN user by sending
a specially crafted MSN package which states an invalid body length in
the header.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
5.04 hoary gaim – 
4.10 warty gaim – 

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