Ubuntu Security Notice USN-140-1
15th June, 2005
gaim vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 5.04
- Ubuntu 4.10
Details
A remote Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in Gaim. A
remote attacker could crash the Gaim client of an MSN user by sending
a specially crafted MSN package which states an invalid body length in
the header.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 5.04:
- gaim
- Ubuntu 4.10:
- gaim
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
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