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gaim -- AIM/ICQ away message buffer overflow

Description:

The GAIM team reports:

A remote AIM or ICQ user can cause a buffer overflow in Gaim by setting an away message containing many AIM substitution strings (such as %t or %n).

References:

Affects:

portaudit: gaim -- AIM/ICQ away message buffer overflow

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Oliver Eikemeier <eik@FreeBSD.org>