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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-208

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-208
Posted Dec 5, 2009
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

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.

tags | advisory, remote, denial of service
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2008-4776
SHA-256 | cf8565317e881b1da89995fc541f9fefc4bfacd81e66ce2253b631b52f216560

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-208

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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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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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