Gentoo: GLSA 200703-25 High: Ekiga Remote Executable Code Threat
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March 29, 2007
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
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A format string vulnerability in Ekiga may allow the remote execution
of arbitrary code.
Background
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Ekiga is an open source VoIP and video conferencing application.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-im/ekiga < 2.0.7 >= 2.0.7
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Mu Security has discovered that Ekiga fails to implement formatted
printing correctly.
Impact
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An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash Ekiga and
potentially execute arbitrary c...
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