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Ekiga Format String Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA24194
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Release Date:
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2007-02-19
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Last Update:
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2007-03-09
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Popularity:
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7,354 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | Ekiga 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-1006
CVE-2007-1007
CVE-2007-0999
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Ekiga, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to format string errors when the "gm_main_window_flash_message()" function is invoked. This can be exploited to crash the application or potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted Q.931 SETUP packet.
NOTE: A related vulnerability was also reported in the Ekiga predecessor GnomeMeeting.
Solution:
A fix was commited to the code management system.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Mu Security
Changelog:
2007-02-20: Added information about GnomeMeeting. Added CVE references.
2007-02-21: Updated description, added link to advisory from Mu Security.
2007-03-08: Updated "Solution" section and "Solution status" because version 2.0.5 did not correctly fix the vulnerability, added link to bug report.
2007-03-09: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
Mu Security:
http://labs.musecurity.com/advisories/MU-200702-01.txt
Ekiga:
http://www.ekiga.org/index.php?rub=10&pos=0
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=415526
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