rPath alert rPSA-2008-0246-1 (gaim)

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rPSA-2008-0246-1 gaim
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rPath Security Advisory: 2008-0246-1
Published: 2008-08-05
Products:
    rPath Linux 1

Rating: Minor
Exposure Level Classification:
    Indirect User Deterministic Unauthorized Access
Updated Versions:
    gaim=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/1.5.0-4.3-1

rPath Issue Tracking System:
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2647

References:
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2927
    http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2956

Description:
    Previous versions of the gaim package are vulnerable to multiple
    attacks, the most serious of which may allow a remote attacker to
    exploit the MSN protocol handler and thus execute arbitrary code
    as the user running gaim.

http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0246

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