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Ubuntu 13.10 USN-2101-1 Critical: libgadu Denial Of Service

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The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2102-1 pertains to a vulnerability in libgadu that could lead to application crashes or enable remote code execution.
libgadu could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

libgadu could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially

crafted network traffic.

Software Description:

- libgadu: Gadu-Gadu protocol library

Details:

Yves Younan and Ryan Pentney discovered that libgadu incorrectly handled

certain Gadu-Gadu HTTP messages. A malicious remote server or a man in the

middle could use this issue to cause applications using libgadu to crash,

resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 13.10:
  libgadu3                        1:1.11.2-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
  libgadu3                        1:1.11.2-1ubuntu0.12.10.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libgadu3                        1:1.11.1-1ubuntu0.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2101-1

CVE-2013-6487

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February 10, 2014

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security advisory denial of service critical ubuntu network exploit libgadu

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgadu/1:1.11.2-1ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgadu/1:1.11.2-1ubuntu0.12.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgadu/1:1.11.1-1ubuntu0.1

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