GLSA-200507-23 : Kopete: Vulnerability in included Gadu library

high Nessus Plugin ID 19325

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200507-23 (Kopete: Vulnerability in included Gadu library)

Kopete contains an internal copy of libgadu and is therefore subject to several input validation vulnerabilities in libgadu.
Impact :

A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or crash Kopete.
Workaround :

Delete all Gadu Gadu contacts.

Solution

All Kopete users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose kde-base/kdenetwork All KDE Split Ebuild Kopete users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=kde-base/kopete-3.4.1-r1'

See Also

https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050721-1.txt

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200507-23

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19325

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200507-23.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 7/31/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:kdenetwork, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:kopete, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1852

BID: 14345

GLSA: 200507-23