1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-139-1

USN-139-1: Gaim vulnerability

Publication date

10 June 2005

Overview

Gaim vulnerability

Releases

Details

A remote Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in Gaim. By
initiating a file transfer with a file name containing certain
international characters (like an accented “a”), a remote attacker
could crash the Gaim client of an arbitrary Yahoo IM member.

A remote Denial of Service vulnerability was discovered in Gaim. By
initiating a file transfer with a file name containing certain
international characters (like an accented “a”), a remote attacker
could crash the Gaim client of an arbitrary Yahoo IM member.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will 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
5.04 hoary gaim – 
4.10 warty gaim – 

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