USN-140-1: Gaim vulnerability
15 June 2005
Gaim vulnerability
Releases
Details
A remote Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in Gaim. A
remote attacker could crash the Gaim client of an MSN user by sending
a specially crafted MSN package which states an invalid body length in
the header.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 5.04
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gaim
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Ubuntu 4.10
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gaim
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In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.