Synopsis
The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch
Description
The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SuSE-SA:2004:004 (gaim).
Gaim is a multi-protocol instant-messaging client. Stefan Esser found 12 vulnerabilities in gaim that can lead to a remote system compromise with the privileges of the user running GAIM.
The GAIM package that SUSE LINUX ships is affected by just two of these bug:
- Yahoo Packet Parser Overflow
- HTTP Proxy Connect Overflow
The first vulnerability is easy to exploit and results in a classic stack overflow which can be used to execute arbitrary code.
The latter vulnerability requires the gaim client use a HTTP proxy under the control of the attacker. The exploitation of this bug results in arbitrary code execution too.
There is no known workaround.
Please download the update package for your distribution and verify its integrity by the methods listed in section 3) of this announcement.
Then, to apply the update use the command 'rpm -Fhv file.rpm'.
Solution
http://www.suse.de/security/2004_04_gaim.html
Plugin Details
File Name: suse_SA_2004_004.nasl
Agent: unix
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Vulnerability Information
Required KB Items: Host/SuSE/rpm-list