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Ubuntu alert USN-139-1 (gaim)

From:  Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@canonical.com>
To:  ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject:  [USN-139-1] Gaim vulnerability
Date:  Fri, 10 Jun 2005 08:54:30 +0200
Cc:  full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk, bugtraq@securityfocus.com

=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-139-1 June 10, 2005 gaim vulnerability CAN-2005-1269 =========================================================== 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 1:1.0.0-1ubuntu1.5 (for Ubuntu 4.10) and 1:1.1.4-1ubuntu4.2 (for Ubuntu 5.04). In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: A remote Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in Gaim. By initiating a file transfer with a file name containing certain international characters (like an accented "a"), a remote attacker could crash the Gaim client of an arbitrary Yahoo IM member. Updated packages for Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog): Source archives: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1... Size/MD5: 47643 dae420c8c466ef187f9157cca2644eec http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1... Size/MD5: 853 47fdb16c0a0e882036108edd8a2f03e7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1... Size/MD5: 6985979 7dde686aace751a49dce734fd0cb7ace amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1... Size/MD5: 3444822 5ef2a8e1516059da8e7d2f76df0bdaeb i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1... Size/MD5: 3355122 243f3280dbe47787fa3f7d52f4a92f22 powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1... Size/MD5: 3418440 92f51377d4697f86dbc3babb9e09f62f Updated packages for Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog): Source archives: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1... Size/MD5: 107381 e824b45c92bb542fa8718aea91373821 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1... Size/MD5: 991 0f10bb82a3d164e646c8c2e83c671545 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1... Size/MD5: 5188552 b55bf3217b271918384f3f015a6e5b62 Architecture independent packages: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim-d... Size/MD5: 603616 decd1eb5ccee08a36a563693d11e058b amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim-d... Size/MD5: 101628 1a329b4b2983721dc9eac369149699b6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1... Size/MD5: 934132 b1a096fa77f086863ea918e1e71af883 i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim-d... Size/MD5: 101616 7883d1e21d5f89c728926532a259565d http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1... Size/MD5: 845452 684351d1487e8d83df77a196ab146e8e powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim-d... Size/MD5: 101626 06cf77c8a05c61c563bbf1e5b224d133 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/g/gaim/gaim_1... Size/MD5: 910300 47df8e404e6fa3c72a38bc18345f69ce -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security-...


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