Debian: New gaim packages fix denial of service
by Patrick Lenz, in Security - Tue, Jul 5th 2005 11:01 UTC
Two denial of service problems have been discovered in Gaim, a multi-protocol instant messaging client. A malformed Yahoo filename can result in a crash of the application. A malformed MSN message can lead to incorrect memory allocation resulting in a crash of the application. Fixed packages are available from security.debian.org .
Links:
security.debian.org
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 734-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze
July 5th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : gaim
Vulnerability : denial of service
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2005-1269 CAN-2005-1934
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.
Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 915 08a8121dcf20f0e36c99468cbaaac002
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 31431 09e9da9c18435f6d667c6e80c9ab26d0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 5215565 866598947a30005c9d2a4466c7182e2a
Architecture independent components:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-data_1.2.1-1.3_all.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 2838688 76c3d0b41415b4cb2d1edb3ed1d5f2c1
Alpha architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1068836 99128d827c71cb5a35aeffc9825bc6da
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 102376 8964c622cba173c9ba8cc8ef7983cf5f
ARM architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 817872 7ee2f80c4b85f8ea12880d2ad0e7621d
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 102396 e9fde25b9022a9deef7fcb261f5244e4
Intel IA-32 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 879304 02c7ea4fc0221adf68ba5cdb565577dd
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 102456 a28253b1296809d8b550824071a56e0f
Intel IA-64 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1264300 90f0e5fe37360d51b657b34efb10d1fd
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 102366 b87cebb6c4baac35150397e410f275ea
HP Precision architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1006988 f752b9a1ffe56551ca7be8788cd276e2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 102416 b5fe26c4a7dc7e0f587ffe96303f4573
Motorola 680x0 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 815860 7ee86bf4293389262fa6cfb4fbc67f19
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_m68k.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 102492 374e90c3d09183b34d010fcd350ec8c6
Big endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 855152 dc79ea02eadb95e5c047b73726852079
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 102436 2d87357f298bb0257fa67feaacb52d81
Little endian MIPS architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 846430 3d45b57cf061fe01ceba0ac0ac1d1e83
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 102378 dc0bd0059286063cc07474fdf59a69b3
PowerPC architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 913466 05eebe5e52d3b6eceacecf46d68fe077
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 102372 046b702811efab2bd95db4ea7d944099
IBM S/390 architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 946232 876000b9f88e639426c6690ab73740d0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 102368 fe438d64fd244c2af559be56fde54090
Sun Sparc architecture:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim_1.2.1-1.3_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 850740 451213584a4ded0cc848ef96b91aebb0
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gaim/gaim-dev_1.2.1-1.3_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 102384 62f0b8409fa18b8edcf069c7c59f8279
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show ' and http://packages.debian.org/
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Referenced projects
Pidgin - A GTK2-based instant messaging client.
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