USN-781-2: Gaim vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• gaim -

Details

It was discovered that Gaim did not properly handle certain malformed
messages when sending a file using the XMPP protocol handler. If a user
were tricked into sending a file, a remote attacker could send a specially
crafted response and cause Gaim to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary
code with user privileges. (CVE-2009-1373)

It was discovered that Gaim did not properly handle certain malformed
messages in the MSN protocol handler. A remote attacker could send a
specially crafted message and possibly execute arbitrary code with user
privileges. (CVE-2009-1376)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 6.06

• gaim - 1:1.5.0+1.5.1cvs20051015-1ubuntu10.2

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Gaim to effect
the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2009-1373
• CVE-2009-1376

Related notices

• USN-781-1: pidgin
• USN-886-1: pidgin