GLSA-200703-25 : Ekiga: Format string vulnerability

critical Nessus Plugin ID 24930

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200703-25 (Ekiga: Format string vulnerability)

Mu Security has discovered that Ekiga fails to implement formatted printing correctly.
Impact :

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash Ekiga and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted Q.931 SETUP packet to a victim.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Ekiga users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-voip/ekiga-2.0.7'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200703-25

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 24930

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200703-25.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 4/5/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:ekiga, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/29/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1006

BID: 22613

GLSA: 200703-25