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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2007.058

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2007.058
Posted Mar 13, 2007
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory - A format string flaw was discovered in how ekiga processes certain messages, which could permit a remote attacker that can connect to ekiga to potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running ekiga. This is similar to the previous CVE-2007-1006, but the original evaluation/patches were incomplete.

tags | advisory, remote, arbitrary
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2007-0999
SHA-256 | 74059760ca396ac9aaacb0f5ccd2643fd0c6b428319aa2208dfe6b636aa57456

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2007.058

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2007:058
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : ekiga
Date : March 8, 2007
Affected: 2007.0
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Problem Description:

A format string flaw was discovered in how ekiga processes certain
messages, which could permit a remote attacker that can connect to
ekiga to potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
the user running ekiga. This is similar to the previous
CVE-2007-1006, but the original evaluation/patches were incomplete.

Updated package have been patched to correct this issue.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0999
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Linux 2007.0:
f1864ecddf6bd6f89ca97ae2f62e102a 2007.0/i586/ekiga-2.0.3-1.2mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
6553d806ec25e8e7b3bf954d0522f126 2007.0/SRPMS/ekiga-2.0.3-1.2mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.0/X86_64:
d1044e6da6359f45c05b5b9633eb9b3e 2007.0/x86_64/ekiga-2.0.3-1.2mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
6553d806ec25e8e7b3bf954d0522f126 2007.0/SRPMS/ekiga-2.0.3-1.2mdv2007.0.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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