GLSA 200703-25: Ekiga: Format string vulnerability

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Severity:	high
Title:	Ekiga: Format string vulnerability
Date:	03/29/2007
Bugs:	#167643
ID:	200703-25

Synopsis

A format string vulnerability in Ekiga may allow the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Ekiga is an open source VoIP and video conferencing application.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-voip/ekiga	< 2.0.7	>= 2.0.7	All supported architectures

Description

Mu Security has discovered that Ekiga fails to implement formatted printing correctly.

Impact

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash Ekiga and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted Q.931 SETUP packet to a victim.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Ekiga users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-voip/ekiga-2.0.7"

References

CVE-2007-1006

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-25.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.