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Gentoo: GLSA 200703-25 High: Ekiga Remote Executable Code Threat

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Calendar Grey March 29, 2007
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo GLSA 202303-45: A critical security flaw in VLC enables potential remote exploitation. Immediate action advised!
A format string vulnerability in Ekiga may allow the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200703-25 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: Ekiga: Format string vulnerability Date: March 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-im/ekiga < 2.0.7 >= 2.0.7
========== 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 c...

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