Gentoo GLSA 202309-05: Risk of Exploiting Messaging App Vulnerabilities
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August 27, 2004
Gaim contains several security issues that might allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or commands.
Summary
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200408-27
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: Gaim: New vulnerabilities
Date: August 27, 2004
Bugs: #61457
ID: 200408-27
Synopsis
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Gaim contains several security issues that might allow an attacker to
execute arbitrary code or commands.
Background
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Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Linux which
supports many instant messaging protocols.
Affected packages
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1 net-im/gaim < 0.81-r5 >= 0.81-r5
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Gaim fails to do proper bounds checking when:
* Handling MSN messages (partially fixed wi...Read the Full Advisory
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