Date:         Mon, 8 Oct 2007 15:23:15 -0500
Reply-To:     Troy Dawson 
Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux
              
From:         Troy Dawson 
Subject:      Security ERRATA for pwlib on SL5.x i386/x86_64
Comments: To: scientific-linux-errata@fnal.gov

Synopsis:	Moderate: pwlib security update
Issue date:	2007-10-08
CVE Names:	CVE-2007-4897

In Scientific Linux 5, the Ekiga teleconferencing application uses
PWLib.

A memory management flaw was discovered in PWLib.  An attacker could use this
flaw to crash an application, such as Ekiga, which is linked with pwlib
(CVE-2007-4897).

SL 5.x

   SRPMS:
pwlib-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.src.rpm
   i386:
pwlib-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.i386.rpm
pwlib-devel-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.i386.rpm
   x86_64:
pwlib-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
pwlib-devel-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

SciLinux: CVE-2007-4897 pwlib SL5.x i386/x86_64

Moderate: pwlib security update

Summary

Date:         Mon, 8 Oct 2007 15:23:15 -0500Reply-To:     Troy Dawson Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux              From:         Troy Dawson Subject:      Security ERRATA for pwlib on SL5.x i386/x86_64Comments: To: scientific-linux-errata@fnal.govSynopsis:	Moderate: pwlib security updateIssue date:	2007-10-08CVE Names:	CVE-2007-4897In Scientific Linux 5, the Ekiga teleconferencing application usesPWLib.A memory management flaw was discovered in PWLib.  An attacker could use thisflaw to crash an application, such as Ekiga, which is linked with pwlib(CVE-2007-4897).SL 5.x   SRPMS:pwlib-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.src.rpm   i386:pwlib-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.i386.rpmpwlib-devel-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.i386.rpm   x86_64:pwlib-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpmpwlib-devel-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm-Connie Sieh-Troy Dawson



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