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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200507-26
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: GNU Gadu, CenterICQ, Kadu, EKG, libgadu: Remote code
execution in Gadu library
Date: July 27, 2005
Bugs: #99816, #99890, #99583
ID: 200507-26
Synopsis
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GNU Gadu, CenterICQ, Kadu, EKG and libgadu are vulnerable to an integer
overflow which could potentially lead to the execution of arbitrary
code or a Denial of Service.
Background
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GNU Gadu, CenterICQ, Kadu and EKG are instant messaging applications
created to support Gadu Gadu instant messaging protocol. libgadu is a
library that implements the client side of the Gadu-Gadu protocol.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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