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Kiax iaxclient Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA20567
Release Date: 2006-06-12
Last Update: 2006-07-03
Popularity: 4,892 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Kiax 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-2923


Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Kiax, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to boundary errors within the iaxclient library.

For more information:
SA20466

The vulnerabilities have been reported in version 0.8.5. Prior versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to version 0.8.51.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=131960

Provided and/or discovered by:
Damian Saura, Alejandro Lozanoff, Eduardo Koch, Norberto Kueffner and Ivan Arce from Core Security Technologies.

Changelog:
2006-07-03: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=577612

Other References:
SA20466:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20466/


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