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_devicestorage_struct(3)					      libmtp					    LIBMTP_devicestorage_struct(3)

NAME
libmtp - LIBMTP_devicestorage_struct SYNOPSIS
#include <libmtp.h> Data Fields uint32_t id uint16_t StorageType uint16_t FilesystemType uint16_t AccessCapability uint64_t MaxCapacity uint64_t FreeSpaceInBytes uint64_t FreeSpaceInObjects char * StorageDescription char * VolumeIdentifier LIBMTP_devicestorage_t * next LIBMTP_devicestorage_t * prev Detailed Description LIBMTP Device Storage structure Examples: folders.c, and sendtr.c. Field Documentation uint16_t LIBMTP_devicestorage_struct::AccessCapability Access capability Referenced by LIBMTP_Dump_Device_Info(), and LIBMTP_Get_Storage(). uint16_t LIBMTP_devicestorage_struct::FilesystemType Filesystem type Referenced by LIBMTP_Dump_Device_Info(), and LIBMTP_Get_Storage(). uint64_t LIBMTP_devicestorage_struct::FreeSpaceInBytes Free space in bytes Referenced by LIBMTP_Dump_Device_Info(), and LIBMTP_Get_Storage(). uint64_t LIBMTP_devicestorage_struct::FreeSpaceInObjects Free space in objects Referenced by LIBMTP_Dump_Device_Info(), and LIBMTP_Get_Storage(). uint32_t LIBMTP_devicestorage_struct::id Unique ID for this storage Examples: folders.c, and sendtr.c. Referenced by LIBMTP_Dump_Device_Info(), LIBMTP_Format_Storage(), and LIBMTP_Get_Storage(). uint64_t LIBMTP_devicestorage_struct::MaxCapacity Maximum capability Referenced by LIBMTP_Dump_Device_Info(), and LIBMTP_Get_Storage(). LIBMTP_devicestorage_t* LIBMTP_devicestorage_struct::next Next storage, follow this link until NULL Examples: folders.c, and sendtr.c. Referenced by LIBMTP_Dump_Device_Info(), and LIBMTP_Get_Storage(). LIBMTP_devicestorage_t* LIBMTP_devicestorage_struct::prev Previous storage Referenced by LIBMTP_Get_Storage(). char* LIBMTP_devicestorage_struct::StorageDescription A brief description of this storage Examples: folders.c, and sendtr.c. Referenced by LIBMTP_Dump_Device_Info(), and LIBMTP_Get_Storage(). uint16_t LIBMTP_devicestorage_struct::StorageType Storage type Referenced by LIBMTP_Dump_Device_Info(), and LIBMTP_Get_Storage(). char* LIBMTP_devicestorage_struct::VolumeIdentifier A volume identifier Referenced by LIBMTP_Dump_Device_Info(), and LIBMTP_Get_Storage(). Author Generated automatically by Doxygen for libmtp from the source code. Version 1.1.3 Sun Feb 17 2013 LIBMTP_devicestorage_struct(3)