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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 200505-9

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200505-09 – Stu Tomlinson discovered that Gaim is vulnerable to a remote stack based buffer overflow when receiving messages in certain protocols, like Jabber and SILC, with a very long URL (CVE-2005-1261). Siebe Tolsma discovered that Gaim is also vulnerable to a remote Denial of Service attack when receiving a specially crafted MSN message (CVE-2005-1262). Versions less than 1.3.0 are affected.

 

You can download this advisory from the following link: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/38416/glsa-200505-09.txt

Source: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/38416/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-200505-9.html

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