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Gentoo: 200507-26 High: GNU Gadu Remote Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey July 27, 2005
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Learn about the critical Gentoo alert concerning GNU Gadu and associated software that are vulnerable to integer overflow issues.
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

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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 ======= 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 ========= 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.
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