1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2101-1

USN-2101-1: libgadu vulnerability

Publication date

10 February 2014

Overview

libgadu could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Releases

Packages

  • libgadu - Gadu-Gadu protocol library

Details

Yves Younan and Ryan Pentney discovered that libgadu incorrectly handled
certain Gadu-Gadu HTTP messages. A malicious remote server or a
machine-in-the-middle could use this issue to cause applications using
libgadu to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code.

Yves Younan and Ryan Pentney discovered that libgadu incorrectly handled
certain Gadu-Gadu HTTP messages. A malicious remote server or a
machine-in-the-middle could use this issue to cause applications using
libgadu to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
13.10 saucy libgadu3 –  1:1.11.2-1ubuntu1.1
12.10 quantal libgadu3 –  1:1.11.2-1ubuntu0.12.10.1
12.04 precise libgadu3 –  1:1.11.1-1ubuntu0.1

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