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Fedora 8 : libgadu-1.8.2-1.fc8 (2008-9253)

high Nessus Plugin ID 34675

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Security fix for denial of service (crash) via a contact description with a large length, which triggers a buffer over-read. Successful exploitation would require a man-in-the-middle attack or hacking the Gadu-Gadu servers. No known exploits.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected libgadu package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468830

http://www.nessus.org/u?9341f9cc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 34675

File Name: fedora_2008-9253.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/31/2008

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libgadu, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2008

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2008-9253