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Debian: DSA-2852-1 Moderate: Libgadu Buffer Overflow Attack Risk

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Calendar Grey February 6, 2014
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Libgadu upgrade resolves vulnerabilities, enhancing security against remote exploitation risks associated with integer overflows that could cause crashes.
Yves Younan and Ryan Pentney discovered that libgadu, a library for accessing the Gadu-Gadu instant messaging service, contained an integer overflow leading to a buffer overflow
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Summary

Yves Younan and Ryan Pentney discovered that libgadu, a library for
accessing the Gadu-Gadu instant messaging service, contained an
integer overflow leading to a buffer overflow. Attackers which
impersonate the server could crash clients and potentially execute
arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed
in version 1:1.9.0-2+squeeze2.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:1.11.2-1+deb7u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:1.11.3-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libgadu packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



Package: libgadu
CVE ID: CVE-2013-6487

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