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gaim: buffer overflow in MSN protocol

Package(s):gaim CVE #(s):CAN-2004-0891
Created:October 25, 2004 Updated:February 11, 2005
Description: A buffer overflow in the MSN protocol handler for gaim 0.79 to 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an "unexpected sequence of MSNSLP messages" that results in an unbounded copy operation that writes to the wrong buffer.
Alerts:
Fedora-Legacy FLSA:2188 2005-02-10
Red Hat RHSA-2004:604-01 2004-10-20
Mandrake MDKSA-2004:117 2004-11-01
Ubuntu USN-8-1 2004-10-27
Gentoo 200410-23 2004-10-24
Slackware SSA:2004-296-01 2004-10-25
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