USN-2101-1: libgadu vulnerability
10 February 2014
libgadu could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Releases
Packages
- libgadu - Gadu-Gadu protocol library
Details
Yves Younan and Ryan Pentney discovered that libgadu incorrectly handled
certain Gadu-Gadu HTTP messages. A malicious remote server or a
machine-in-the-middle could use this issue to cause applications using
libgadu to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 13.10
Ubuntu 12.10
Ubuntu 12.04
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-2100-1: libpurple0, pidgin