Debian DSA-1610-1 Critical: gaim Remote Execution Due To Overflow
debian
July 15, 2008
It was discovered that gaim, an multi-protocol instant messaging client,
was vulnerable to several integer overflows in its MSN protocol handlers.
These could allow a remote atta...
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Summary
For the unstable distribution (sid), this package is not present.
We recommend that you upgrade your gaim package.
Upgrade instructions
- --------------------wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
Size/MD5 checksum: 1143 7c07047f910aa37b5d3237d2b9c2f746
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Size/MD5 checksum: 40297 4481186566917128436fec7894a0849e
Architecture independent packages:
Size/MD5 checksum: 5155634 a771c9d07df618edbea2009b81a780eb
alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)
Size/MD5 checksum: 3941786 5ae6eb63afa9395...
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