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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200408-12 (gaim)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200408-12.

Insight

Insight

Gaim contains a remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability in the MSN-protocol parsing code that may allow remote execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Solution

All Gaim users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=net-im/gaim-0.81-r1' # emerge '>=net-im/gaim-0.81-r1'

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)