RHEL 3 / 4 : gaim (RHSA-2005:215)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 17310

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated gaim package that fixes various security issues as well as a number of bugs is now available.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The Gaim application is a multi-protocol instant messaging client.

Two HTML parsing bugs were discovered in Gaim. It is possible that a remote attacker could send a specially crafted message to a Gaim client, causing it to crash. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the names CVE-2005-0208 and CVE-2005-0473 to these issues.

A bug in the way Gaim processes SNAC packets was discovered. It is possible that a remote attacker could send a specially crafted SNAC packet to a Gaim client, causing the client to stop responding. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0472 to this issue.

Additionally, various client crashes, memory leaks, and protocol issues have been resolved.

Users of Gaim are advised to upgrade to this updated package which contains Gaim version 1.1.4 and is not vulnerable to these issues.

Solution

Update the affected gaim package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 17310

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-215.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/10/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gaim, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0208, CVE-2005-0472, CVE-2005-0473

RHSA: 2005:215

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