Advisories » MGASA-2014-0246

Updated libgadu package fixes CVE-2014-3775

Publication date: 30 May 2014
Modification date: 30 May 2014
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 3 , 4
CVE: CVE-2014-3775

Description

Updated libgadu packages fix security vulnerability:

It was discovered that libgadu incorrectly handled certain messages from
file relay servers. A malicious remote server or a man 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 (CVE-2014-3775).
                

References

• http://libgadu.net/releases/1.11.4.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2215-1/
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13410
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3775

SRPMS

3/core

• libgadu-1.11.4-1.mga3

4/core

• libgadu-1.11.4-1.mga4