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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8-1 October 27, 2004 gaim vulnerabilities CAN-2004-0891 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) The following packages are affected: gaim The problem can be corrected by upgrading the affected package to version 1:1.0.0-1ubuntu1.1. In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: A buffer overflow and two remote crashes were recently discovered in gaim's MSN protocol handler. An attacker could potentially execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges by crafting and sending a particular MSN message.