CVE-2007-4897
published 2007-09-14CVE-2007-4897: 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…
PriorityP423medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCNINAP
EXPLOIT
EPSS
10.90%
95.3th percentile
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).
Affected
1 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| ekiga | ekiga | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
vendor_redhat5.0MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
pwlib vulnerability
vendor_ubuntu·2008-01-08
CVE-2007-4897 pwlib vulnerability
Title: pwlib vulnerability
Summary: pwlib vulnerability
Jose Miguel Esparza discovered that pwlib did not correctly handle large
string lengths. A remote attacker could send specially crafted packets to
applications linked against pwlib (e.g. Ekiga) causing them to crash, leading
to a denial of service.
Instructions: After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect
the necessary changes.
Red Hat
ekiga GetHostAddress remote DoS
vendor_redhat·2007-09-12·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2007-4897 [MEDIUM] ekiga GetHostAddress remote DoS
ekiga GetHostAddress remote DoS
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).
GHSA
GHSA-m936-63jp-34qv: pwlib, as used by Ekiga 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-01
CVE-2007-4897 [MEDIUM] GHSA-m936-63jp-34qv: pwlib, as used by Ekiga 2
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).
No detection rules found.
Bugzilla
CVE-2007-4897 CVE-2007-4924 opal various flaws [F7]
bugzilla·2007-09-20·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2007-4897 [MEDIUM] CVE-2007-4897 CVE-2007-4924 opal various flaws [F7]
CVE-2007-4897 CVE-2007-4924 opal various flaws [F7]
F7 tracking bug: see blocks bug list for full details of the security issue(s).
[bug automatically created by: add-tracking-bugs]
Discussion:
Sorry, F7 version is not affected by CVE-2007-4897. Updating dependencies.
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And I'm pushing the latest Ekiga/opal/pwlib to testing updates anyway, hopefully
this will clear everything up !
Daniel
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Please do push to stable unless problems arose.
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FEDORA-2007-2245. Not quite that thing though. Related at least.
Bugzilla
CVE-2007-4897 CVE-2007-4924 opal various flaws [FC6]
bugzilla·2007-09-20·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2007-4897 [MEDIUM] CVE-2007-4897 CVE-2007-4924 opal various flaws [FC6]
CVE-2007-4897 CVE-2007-4924 opal various flaws [FC6]
FC6 tracking bug: see blocks bug list for full details of the security issue(s).
[bug automatically created by: add-tracking-bugs]
Discussion:
Ping on this. When will it be possible to roll the updated packages?
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Fedora Core 6 has reached End of Life. Problem is fixed in current Fedora versions.
Bugzilla
CVE-2007-4897 ekiga GetHostAddress remote DoS
bugzilla·2007-09-17·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2007-4897 [MEDIUM] CVE-2007-4897 ekiga GetHostAddress remote DoS
CVE-2007-4897 ekiga GetHostAddress remote DoS
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2007-4897 to the following vulnerability:
The SIPURL::GetHostAddress function in Ekiga (formerly GnomeMeeting) 2.0.5 and
earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application
crash) via unspecified vectors, related to "bad management of memory
allocation."
References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25642
http://www.s21sec.com/avisos/s21sec-036-en.txt
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=118959114522339&w=2
Note:
Advisory posted to full-disclosure stated versions 2.0.5 and prior are
vulnerable. s21sec site seems to have updated advisory stating version
2.0.7 is also vulnerable.
Discussion:
s21sec advisory is a bit vague. Their blog contains bit more inf
http://blog.s21sec.com/2007/09/sobre-la-vulnerabilidad-del-ekiga.htmlhttp://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=118959114522339&w=2http://openh323.cvs.sourceforge.net/openh323/opal/src/sip/sipcon.cxx?r1=2.120.2.25&r2=2.120.2.26&pathrev=v2_2_9http://secunia.com/advisories/27127http://secunia.com/advisories/27150http://secunia.com/advisories/27518http://secunia.com/advisories/28385http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3138http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:206http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0932.htmlhttp://www.s21sec.com/avisos/s21sec-036-en.txthttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479185/100/0/threadedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25642http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018683http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-561-1https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=292831https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36568https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10928http://blog.s21sec.com/2007/09/sobre-la-vulnerabilidad-del-ekiga.htmlhttp://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=118959114522339&w=2http://openh323.cvs.sourceforge.net/openh323/opal/src/sip/sipcon.cxx?r1=2.120.2.25&r2=2.120.2.26&pathrev=v2_2_9http://secunia.com/advisories/27127http://secunia.com/advisories/27150http://secunia.com/advisories/27518http://secunia.com/advisories/28385http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3138http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:206http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0932.htmlhttp://www.s21sec.com/avisos/s21sec-036-en.txthttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479185/100/0/threadedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25642http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018683http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-561-1https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=292831https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36568https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10928
2007-09-14
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