[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: libgadu-1.8.2-1.fc8
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2008-9253
2008-10-30 11:44:30
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Name : libgadu
Product : Fedora 8
Version : 1.8.2
Release : 1.fc8
URL : http://toxygen.net/libgadu/
Summary : A Gadu-gadu protocol compatible communications library
Description :
libgadu is intended to make it easy to add Gadu-Gadu communication
support to your software.
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Update Information:
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.
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ChangeLog:
* Sun Oct 26 2008 Dominik Mierzejewski <rpm(a)greysector.net> 1.8.2-1
- updated to 1.8.2 (security update)
- preserve timestamps during make install
- put defattr at the top of files section (fixes rpmlint error)
* Wed Jun 18 2008 Dominik Mierzejewski <rpm(a)greysector.net> 1.8.1-1
- updated to 1.8.1
* Sun Feb 24 2008 Dominik Mierzejewski <rpm(a)greysector.net> 1.8.0-1
- updated to 1.8.0
* Sat Feb 16 2008 Dominik Mierzejewski <rpm(a)greysector.net> 1.7.2-1
- updated to 1.7.2
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #468830 - libgadu: contact description buffer overrun vulnerability
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=468830
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use
su -c 'yum update libgadu' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
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