A new Gaim vulnerabilities update is available for Ubuntu Linux. Here the announcement:
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-168-1 August 12, 2005
gaim vulnerabilities
CAN-2005-2102, CAN-2005-2103, CAN-2005-2370
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog)
Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog)
The following packages are affected:
gaim
The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to
version 1:1.0.0-1ubuntu1.8 (for Ubuntu 4.10), or 1:1.1.4-1ubuntu4.4
(for Ubuntu 5.04). After performing a standard system upgrade you
need to restart Gaim to effect the necessary changes.
Details follow:
Daniel Atallah discovered a Denial of Service vulnerability in the
file transfer handler of OSCAR (the module that handles various
instant messaging protocols like ICQ). A remote attacker could crash
the Gaim client of an user by attempting to send him a file with
a name that contains invalid UTF-8 characters. (CAN-2005-2102)
It was found that specially crafted "away" messages triggered a buffer
overflow. A remote attacker could exploit this to crash the Gaim
client or possibly even execute arbitrary code with the permissions of
the Gaim user. (CAN-2005-2103)
Szymon Zygmunt and Michał Bartoszkiewicz discovered a memory alignment
error in the Gadu library, which was fixed in USN-162-1. However, it
was discovered that Gaim contains a copy of the vulnerable code. By
sending specially crafted messages over the Gadu protocol, a remote
attacker could crash Gaim. (CAN-2005-2370)
Updated packages for Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog):
Source archives:
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.0.0-1ubuntu1.=
8.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 49554 19d8f02e32c2bfbb781961bc4b29b6c6
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.0.0-1ubuntu1.=
8.dsc
Size/MD5: 853 07f788c5d240af40778e4b84a280b7e8
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.=
8_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 3445098 39cc6718175688a9eb1c618552bd1144
i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.0.0-1ubuntu1.=
8_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 3355494 484ba99bfb13a57b46c2ac1bac02d4a7
powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.0.0-1ubuntu1.=
8_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 3418764 7e6a6f488a4c9ea5f7df9ead0e9374c5
Updated packages for Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog):
Source archives:
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.1.4-1ubuntu4.=
4.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 109435 fbb5c0bb0acf56ae1b30b883d434091a
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.1.4-1ubuntu4.=
4.dsc
Size/MD5: 991 231442b5411b0b85206a8c11072eb938
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.1.4.orig.tar.=
gz
Size/MD5: 5188552 b55bf3217b271918384f3f015a6e5b62
Architecture independent packages:
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim-data_1.1.4-1ubu=
ntu4.4_all.deb
Size/MD5: 603832 187b963e949e4f2d7f72562a6c1c9842
amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.1.4-1ubun=
tu4.4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 101638 6e5f72417c9d69abf0fc2088d5daf583
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.1.4-1ubuntu4.=
4_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 934286 739c508464a48d5fdbd3135354f23832
i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.1.4-1ubun=
tu4.4_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 101638 66c79b84fe8ba9e3157c135749244b1b
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.1.4-1ubuntu4.=
4_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 845702 66e2879305e03414e5e3f12ac4d6b863
powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.1.4-1ubun=
tu4.4_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 101638 31ffb30d793c1d0913777c431f284441
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.1.4-1ubuntu4.=
4_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 910546 29bdc18bf2b6e4d97e708802a39dde85
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