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Gentoo: GLSA-200504-05 Low: Gaim Denial of Service Issues

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Calendar Grey April 6, 2005
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Gaim on Gentoo Linux faces critical Denial of Service vulnerabilities that necessitate immediate attention. Ensure you update to the most recent version without delay.
Gaim contains multiple vulnerabilities that can lead to a Denial of Service.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200504-05 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Low Title: Gaim: Denial of Service issues Date: April 06, 2005 Updated: April 06, 2005 Bugs: #87903 ID: 200504-05:02

Synopsis ======= Gaim contains multiple vulnerabilities that can lead to a Denial of Service.
Background ========= Gaim is a full featured instant messaging client which handles a variety of instant messaging protocols.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-im/gaim < 1.2.1 >= 1.2.1
========== Multiple vulnerabilities have been addressed in the latest release of Gaim:
* A buffer overread in the gaim_markup_strip_html() function, which...

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