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Old 11-24-2008
USN-675-2: Gaim vulnerability
Referenced CVEs:
CVE-2008-2927


Description:
===========================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-675-2 November 24, 2008gaim vulnerabilityCVE-2008-2927===========================================================A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:Ubuntu 6.06 LTSThis advisory also applies to the corresponding versions ofKubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to thefollowing package versions:Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: gaim 1:1.5.0+1.5.1cvs20051015-1ubuntu10.1After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Gaim to effectthe necessary changes.Details follow:It was discovered that Gaim did not properly handle certain malformedmessages in the MSN protocol handler. A remote attacker could send a speciallycrafted message and possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.(CVE-2008-2927)





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mtp_libmtp_filesampledata_struct

LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct(3) 				      libmtp					   LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct(3)

NAME

       libmtp - LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct

SYNOPSIS

       #include <libmtp.h>

   Data Fields
       uint32_t width
       uint32_t height
       uint32_t duration
       LIBMTP_filetype_t filetype
       uint64_t size
       char * data

Detailed Description
       LIBMTP Object RepresentativeSampleData Structure

Field Documentation
   char* LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::data
       Sample data

       Referenced by LIBMTP_destroy_filesampledata_t(), LIBMTP_Get_Representative_Sample(), and LIBMTP_Send_Representative_Sample().

   uint32_t LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::duration
       Duration in milliseconds if it is audio

       Referenced by LIBMTP_Get_Representative_Sample(), LIBMTP_Get_Representative_Sample_Format(), and LIBMTP_Send_Representative_Sample().

   LIBMTP_filetype_t LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::filetype
       Filetype used for the sample

       Referenced by LIBMTP_Get_Representative_Sample(), LIBMTP_Get_Representative_Sample_Format(), and LIBMTP_Send_Representative_Sample().

   uint32_t LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::height
       Height of sample if it is an image

       Referenced by LIBMTP_Get_Representative_Sample(), LIBMTP_Get_Representative_Sample_Format(), LIBMTP_new_filesampledata_t(), and
       LIBMTP_Send_Representative_Sample().

   uint64_t LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::size
       Size of sample data in bytes

       Referenced by LIBMTP_Get_Representative_Sample(), LIBMTP_Get_Representative_Sample_Format(), and LIBMTP_Send_Representative_Sample().

   uint32_t LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct::width
       Width of sample if it is an image

       Referenced by LIBMTP_Get_Representative_Sample(), LIBMTP_Get_Representative_Sample_Format(), and LIBMTP_Send_Representative_Sample().

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Version 1.1.3							  Sun Feb 17 2013				   LIBMTP_filesampledata_struct(3)