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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200506-11
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: Gaim: Denial of Service vulnerabilities
Date: June 12, 2005
Bugs: #95347
ID: 200506-11
Synopsis
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Gaim contains two remote Denial of Service vulnerabilities.
Background
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Gaim is a full featured instant messaging client which handles a
variety of instant messaging protocols.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-im/gaim < 1.3.1 >= 1.3.1
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