Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-208 - libgadu before 1.8.2 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a contact description with a large length, which triggers a buffer over-read. This update provides a solution to this vulnerability. Packages for 2008.0 are being provided due to extended support for Corporate products.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:208-1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : libgadu
Date : December 4, 2009
Affected: 2008.0
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Problem Description:
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in libgadu:
libgadu before 1.8.2 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service
(crash) via a contact description with a large length, which triggers
a buffer over-read (CVE-2008-4776).
This update provides a solution to this vulnerability.
Update:
Packages for 2008.0 are being provided due to extended support for
Corporate products.
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4776
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Linux 2008.0:
81809df3e0b03835018466bf0ba471ec 2008.0/i586/libgadu3-1.7.1-5.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
a31b60277b293170877f42f8d144e0d8 2008.0/i586/libgadu-devel-1.7.1-5.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
bb3f731068198a4515be7c8fd67f6e5b 2008.0/i586/libgadu-static-devel-1.7.1-5.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
b75cb6f9da59d14e459528151655baa6 2008.0/SRPMS/libgadu-1.7.1-5.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64:
fe2a020d21c3c14e170aeb64aff9ac44 2008.0/x86_64/lib64gadu3-1.7.1-5.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
0cec93b5638e9d1d7032fc36181841ae 2008.0/x86_64/lib64gadu-devel-1.7.1-5.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
40daf207c436ffbb4533b83f57bb590d 2008.0/x86_64/lib64gadu-static-devel-1.7.1-5.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
b75cb6f9da59d14e459528151655baa6 2008.0/SRPMS/libgadu-1.7.1-5.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
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