Software Update: Gaim 1.1.3

The open source and cross platform instant messenger Gaim has been updated to version 1.1.3. This program allows you to chat over the networks of AIM, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, GroupWise Messenger and Zephyr. The Windows version has not been updated yet and it is still at version 1.1.2. This release fixes two issues that could cause the program to crash. The changelog tells more about it:

Changes in 1.1.3:

• Summary: Client crashes when receiving specific malformed HTML
• Description: Remote crash. Receiving malformed HTML can result in an invalid memory access causing Gaim to crash.
• Fix: The OSCAR protocol plugin was modified to drop these malformed packets.
• Summary: Client freezes when receiving certain invalid messages
• Description: Certain malformed SNAC packets sent by other AIM or ICQ users can trigger an infinite loop in Gaim when parsing the SNAC. The remote user would need a custom client, able to generate malformed SNACs.
• Fix: The OSCAR protocol plugin was modified to drop these malformed packets.