Debian Security Advisory
DSA-734-1 gaim -- denial of service
- Date Reported:
- 05 Jul 2005
- Affected Packages:
- gaim
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-1269, CVE-2005-1934.
- More information:
-
Two denial of service problems have been discovered in Gaim, a multi-protocol instant messaging client. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
- CAN-2005-1269
A malformed Yahoo filename can result in a crash of the application.
- CAN-2005-1934
A malformed MSN message can lead to incorrect memory allocation resulting in a crash of the application.
The old stable distribution (woody) does not seem to be affected.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.1-1.3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.1-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your gaim package.
- CAN-2005-1269
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-data_1.2.1-1.3_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.