--- title: 'USN-781-2: Gaim vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices' description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-781-2 --- 1. [Ubuntu Security Notices](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices) 2. USN-781-2 --- # USN-781-2: Gaim vulnerabilities Publication date 3 June 2009 Overview Gaim vulnerabilities Releases [6.06](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices?release=dapper) --- Open side navigation ## Packages * [gaim](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves?package=gaim) - ## Details It was discovered that Gaim did not properly handle certain malformed messages when sending a file using the XMPP protocol handler. If a user were tricked into sending a file, a remote attacker could send a specially crafted response and cause Gaim to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. ([CVE-2009-1373](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1373)) It was discovered that Gaim did not properly handle certain malformed messages in the MSN protocol handler. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted message and possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. ([CVE-2009-1376](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1376)) ## Update instructions After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Gaim to effect the necessary changes. [Learn more about how to get the fixes.](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: | Ubuntu Release | Package Version | | --- | --- | | 6.06 dapper | [gaim](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gaim) –  [1:1.5.0+1.5.1cvs20051015-1ubuntu10.2](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gaim/1:1.5.0+1.5.1cvs20051015-1ubuntu10.2) | | | --- ### Reduce your security exposure Ubuntu Pro provides ten-year security coverage to 25,000+ packages in Main and Universe repositories, and it is free for up to five machines. [Get Ubuntu Pro](https://ubuntu.com/pro) ## References * [CVE-2009-1376](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1376) * [CVE-2009-1373](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1373) ## Related notices * [USN-886-1](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-886-1) * [USN-781-1](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-781-1)