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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+
+<glsa id="200408-12">
+ <title>Gaim: MSN protocol parsing function buffer overflow</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ Gaim contains a remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability in the
+ MSN-protocol parsing code that may allow remote execution of arbitrary
+ code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">gaim</product>
+ <announced>August 12, 2004</announced>
+ <revised>May 22, 2006: 03</revised>
+ <bug>60034</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-im/gaim" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">0.81-r1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="le">0.81</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Gaim is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Linux which
+ supports many instant messaging protocols.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Sebastian Krahmer of the SuSE Security Team has discovered a remotely
+ exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability in the code handling MSN
+ protocol parsing.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ By sending a carefully-crafted message, an attacker may execute
+ arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Gaim.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to
+ upgrade to the latest available version of Gaim.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All Gaim users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge sync
+
+ # emerge -pv &quot;&gt;=net-im/gaim-0.81-r1&quot;
+ # emerge &quot;&gt;=net-im/gaim-0.81-r1&quot;</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://www.osvdb.org/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=8382">OSVDB ID: 8382</uri>
+ <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-0500">CVE-2004-0500</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 12 Aug 2004 16:07:01 +0000">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>