Critical: ekiga security update
| Advisory: | RHSA-2007:0087-6 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Security Advisory |
| Severity: | Critical |
| Issued on: | 2007-03-13 |
| Last updated on: | 2007-03-14 |
| Affected Products: | RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) |
| CVEs (cve.mitre.org): |
CVE-2007-0999 CVE-2007-1006 |
Details
Updated ekiga packages that fix security issues are now available for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.
Ekiga is a tool to communicate with video and audio over the Internet.
Format string flaws were found in the way Ekiga processes certain messages.
If a user is running Ekiga, a remote attacker who can connect to Ekiga
could trigger this flaw and potentially execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user. (CVE-2007-0999, CVE-2007-1006)
Users of Ekiga should upgrade to these updated packages which contain a
backported patch to correct this issue.
Solution
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
Updated packages
| RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) | |
| SRPMS: | |
| ekiga-2.0.2-7.0.2.src.rpm | MD5: 8b8f08aca0e186151d75393b4f0d530f |
| IA-32: | |
| ekiga-2.0.2-7.0.2.i386.rpm | MD5: 81bdab90f5d9f115409057e2802416a7 |
| x86_64: | |
| ekiga-2.0.2-7.0.2.x86_64.rpm | MD5: a8f36138642f048f9622bfca2b3dbad2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) | |
| SRPMS: | |
| ekiga-2.0.2-7.0.2.src.rpm | MD5: 8b8f08aca0e186151d75393b4f0d530f |
| IA-32: | |
| ekiga-2.0.2-7.0.2.i386.rpm | MD5: 81bdab90f5d9f115409057e2802416a7 |
| x86_64: | |
| ekiga-2.0.2-7.0.2.x86_64.rpm | MD5: a8f36138642f048f9622bfca2b3dbad2 |
| (The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network) | |
Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)
229262 - CVE-2007-0999 Ekiga format string flaw (CVE-2007-1006)
References
https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2007-1006.html
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
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