Mandrake alert: gaim update

Posted by dave on Aug 29, 2002 12:16 PM EDT
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Versions of Gaim (an AOL instant message client) prior to 0.58 contain a buffer overflow in the Jabber plug-in module. As well, a vulnerability was discovered in the URL-handling code, where the "manual" browser command passes an untrusted string to the shell without reliable quoting or escaping. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the user's machine with the user's permissions. Those using the built-in browser commands are not vulnerable.

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Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory ________________________________________________________________________

Package name: gaim Advisory ID: MDKSA-2002:054 Date: August 1st, 2002 Affected versions: 7.1, 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, Corporate Server 1.0.1 ________________________________________________________________________

Problem Description:

Versions of Gaim (an AOL instant message client) prior to 0.58 contain a buffer overflow in the Jabber plug-in module. As well, a vulnerability was discovered in the URL-handling code, where the "manual" browser command passes an untrusted string to the shell without reliable quoting or escaping. This allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the user's machine with the user's permissions. Those using the built-in browser commands are not vulnerable. ________________________________________________________________________

References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-0384 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2002-0989 http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog ________________________________________________________________________

Updated Packages:

Linux-Mandrake 7.1: cc3f1b72c0b0a046c2d6e271ac4ef9a8 7.1/RPMS/gaim-0.59.1-1.1mdk.i586.rpm d72cf5a2ccfa4d130b036aeac5fd88f4 7.1/SRPMS/gaim-0.59.1-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Linux-Mandrake 7.2: 9fcfb20bdd27480122c97acd5b1db53a 7.2/RPMS/gaim-0.59.1-1.1mdk.i586.rpm d72cf5a2ccfa4d130b036aeac5fd88f4 7.2/SRPMS/gaim-0.59.1-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.0: 095f6c8aadaf06732dc8398e8217fb3c 8.0/RPMS/gaim-0.59.1-1.1mdk.i586.rpm d72cf5a2ccfa4d130b036aeac5fd88f4 8.0/SRPMS/gaim-0.59.1-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.0/ppc: d078adbe132c822880c1e50043ba7edd ppc/8.0/RPMS/gaim-0.59.1-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm d72cf5a2ccfa4d130b036aeac5fd88f4 ppc/8.0/SRPMS/gaim-0.59.1-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.1: 095f6c8aadaf06732dc8398e8217fb3c 8.1/RPMS/gaim-0.59.1-1.1mdk.i586.rpm d72cf5a2ccfa4d130b036aeac5fd88f4 8.1/SRPMS/gaim-0.59.1-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.1/ia64: 5c1d08e501dc2f889bf7ddcd27b551d2 ia64/8.1/RPMS/gaim-0.59.1-1.1mdk.ia64.rpm d72cf5a2ccfa4d130b036aeac5fd88f4 ia64/8.1/SRPMS/gaim-0.59.1-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.2: b18399b33a517de8af524c326e9b539b 8.2/RPMS/gaim-0.59.1-1.1mdk.i586.rpm d72cf5a2ccfa4d130b036aeac5fd88f4 8.2/SRPMS/gaim-0.59.1-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Mandrake Linux 8.2/ppc: 0110ef0414286614261da0aa9749751f ppc/8.2/RPMS/gaim-0.59.1-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm d72cf5a2ccfa4d130b036aeac5fd88f4 ppc/8.2/SRPMS/gaim-0.59.1-1.1mdk.src.rpm

Corporate Server 1.0.1: cc3f1b72c0b0a046c2d6e271ac4ef9a8 1.0.1/RPMS/gaim-0.59.1-1.1mdk.i586.rpm d72cf5a2ccfa4d130b036aeac5fd88f4 1.0.1/SRPMS/gaim-0.59.1-1.1mdk.src.rpm ________________________________________________________________________

Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information):

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To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package from one of our FTP server mirrors and upgrade with "rpm -Fvh *.rpm". A list of FTP mirrors can be obtained from:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php

Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of the downloaded package. You can do this with the command:

rpm --checksig <filename>

All packages are signed by MandrakeSoft for security. You can obtain the GPG public key of the Mandrake Linux Security Team from:

https://www.mandrakesecure.net/RPM-GPG-KEYS

Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to update.

You can view other update advisories for Mandrake Linux at:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/

MandrakeSoft has several security-related mailing list services that anyone can subscribe to. Information on these lists can be obtained by visiting:

http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/mlist.php

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security@linux-mandrake.com ________________________________________________________________________

Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team <security@linux-mandrake.com>

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