31939 : Ekiga Softphone gm_main_window_flash_message() Format String
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2007-02-13

Description

Ekiga softphone contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to execute arbitrary code resulting in a loss of integrity. This issue is caused due to a format string error within the 'gm_main_window_flash_message()' function in src/endpoints/urlhandler.cpp, src/endpoints/manager.cpp and src/endpoints/sip.cpp.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access, Local / Remote, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Unknown

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.0.5 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Ekiga	Ekiga	2.0.0
		2.0.1
		2.0.2
		2.0.3
		2.0.4
		1.99.0
		1.99.1

References

Security Tracker: 1017673
CVE ID: 2007-1006 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 22613
Secunia Advisory ID: 24194 24228 24229 24379 24680 25119
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2007-0655
Other Advisory URL: http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2682
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/debian-security-announce-2007/msg00017.html
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-May/0002.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-25.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:044
Mail List Post: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/ekiga-list/2007-February/msg00060.html
Vendor URL: http://www.ekiga.org/

Tools & Filters

	24687 24808 24930 27203 28019

Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-02-20 | Disagree?

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