FKIE_CVE-2007-4897

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-09-14 18:17 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:44
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Summary
pwlib, as used by Ekiga 2.0.5 and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long argument to the PString::vsprintf function, related to a "memory management flaw". NOTE: this issue was originally reported as being in the SIPURL::GetHostAddress function in Ekiga (formerly GnomeMeeting).
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://blog.s21sec.com/2007/09/sobre-la-vulnerabilidad-del-ekiga.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=118959114522339&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://openh323.cvs.sourceforge.net/openh323/opal/src/sip/sipcon.cxx?r1=2.120.2.25&r2=2.120.2.26&pathrev=v2_2_9
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27127Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27150Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27518Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/28385Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/3138
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:206
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0932.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.s21sec.com/avisos/s21sec-036-en.txt
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479185/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25642
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018683
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-561-1
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=292831
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36568
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10928
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blog.s21sec.com/2007/09/sobre-la-vulnerabilidad-del-ekiga.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=118959114522339&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openh323.cvs.sourceforge.net/openh323/opal/src/sip/sipcon.cxx?r1=2.120.2.25&r2=2.120.2.26&pathrev=v2_2_9
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27127Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27150Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27518Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/28385Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3138
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:206
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0932.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.s21sec.com/avisos/s21sec-036-en.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479185/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25642
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018683
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-561-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=292831
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36568
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10928
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ekiga ekiga 2.0.5
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