USN-675-2: Gaim vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• gaim -

Details

It was discovered that Gaim did not properly handle certain malformed
messages in the MSN protocol handler. A remote attacker could send a specially
crafted message and possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
(CVE-2008-2927)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 6.06

• gaim - 1:1.5.0+1.5.1cvs20051015-1ubuntu10.1

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Gaim to effect
the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2008-2927

Related notices

• USN-675-1: pidgin