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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200507-23">
  <title>Kopete: Vulnerability in included Gadu library</title>
  <synopsis>
    Kopete is vulnerable to several input validation vulnerabilities which may
    lead to execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">kopete</product>
  <announced>2005-07-25</announced>
  <revised count="01">2005-07-25</revised>
  <bug>99754</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="kde-base/kdenetwork" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">3.4.1-r1</unaffected>
      <unaffected range="rge">3.3.2-r2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">3.4.1-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
    <package name="kde-base/kopete" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">3.4.1-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">3.4.1-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    KDE is a feature-rich graphical desktop environment for Linux and
    Unix-like Operating Systems. Kopete (also part of kdenetwork) is the
    KDE Instant Messenger.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Kopete contains an internal copy of libgadu and is therefore
    subject to several input validation vulnerabilities in libgadu.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute
    arbitrary code or crash Kopete.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    Delete all Gadu Gadu contacts.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Kopete users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose kde-base/kdenetwork</code>
    <p>
    All KDE Split Ebuild Kopete users should upgrade to the latest
    version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=kde-base/kopete-3.4.1-r1"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050721-1.txt">KDE Security Advisory: libgadu vulnerabilities</uri>
    <uri link="https://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1852">CAN-2005-1852</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-07-21T09:34:55Z">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-07-25T17:39:48Z">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
</glsa>