USN-675-2: Gaim vulnerability


 
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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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LIBMTP_playlist_struct(3)					      libmtp						 LIBMTP_playlist_struct(3)

NAME
libmtp - LIBMTP_playlist_struct SYNOPSIS
#include <libmtp.h> Data Fields uint32_t playlist_id uint32_t parent_id uint32_t storage_id char * name uint32_t * tracks uint32_t no_tracks LIBMTP_playlist_t * next Detailed Description MTP Playlist structure Examples: getplaylist.c, and playlists.c. Field Documentation char* LIBMTP_playlist_struct::name Name of playlist Examples: playlists.c. Referenced by LIBMTP_Create_New_Playlist(), LIBMTP_destroy_playlist_t(), LIBMTP_Get_Playlist_List(), LIBMTP_Set_Playlist_Name(), and LIBMTP_Update_Playlist(). LIBMTP_playlist_t* LIBMTP_playlist_struct::next Next playlist or NULL if last playlist Examples: playlists.c. Referenced by LIBMTP_Get_Playlist_List(). uint32_t LIBMTP_playlist_struct::no_tracks The number of tracks in this playlist Examples: getplaylist.c, and playlists.c. Referenced by LIBMTP_Create_New_Playlist(), LIBMTP_Get_Playlist_List(), and LIBMTP_Update_Playlist(). uint32_t LIBMTP_playlist_struct::parent_id ID of parent folder Examples: playlists.c. Referenced by LIBMTP_Create_New_Playlist(), and LIBMTP_Get_Playlist_List(). uint32_t LIBMTP_playlist_struct::playlist_id Unique playlist ID Examples: playlists.c. Referenced by LIBMTP_Create_New_Playlist(), LIBMTP_Get_Playlist_List(), LIBMTP_new_playlist_t(), LIBMTP_Set_Playlist_Name(), and LIBMTP_Update_Playlist(). uint32_t LIBMTP_playlist_struct::storage_id ID of storage holding this playlist Referenced by LIBMTP_Create_New_Playlist(), and LIBMTP_Get_Playlist_List(). uint32_t* LIBMTP_playlist_struct::tracks The tracks in this playlist Examples: getplaylist.c, and playlists.c. Referenced by LIBMTP_Create_New_Playlist(), LIBMTP_destroy_playlist_t(), LIBMTP_Get_Playlist_List(), and LIBMTP_Update_Playlist(). Author Generated automatically by Doxygen for libmtp from the source code. Version 1.1.3 Sun Feb 17 2013 LIBMTP_playlist_struct(3)