Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200408-12.
Solution
All Gaim users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv '>=net-im/gaim-0.81-r1'
# emerge '>=net-im/gaim-0.81-r1'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200408-12 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60034
http://www.osvdb.org/displayvuln.php?osvdb_id=8382
Insight
Gaim contains a remotely exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability in the MSN-protocol parsing code that may allow remote execution of arbitrary code.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2004-0500 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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