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.

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.