>> Debian Security Update Fixes Gaim Denial of Service Vulnerability
Title : Debian Security Update Fixes Gaim Denial of Service Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-1267 CVE ID : CVE-2005-2370 CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2005-07-29
Technical Description
Debian has released updated packages to correct a vulnerability identified in Gaim. This flaw is due to memory alignment errors in libgadu when processing specially crafted incoming messages, which may be exploited to conduct denial of service attacks. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2005-1261