Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | Updated pwlib packages fix vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | MDKSA-2007:206 | First vendor Publication | 2007-11-02 |
| Vendor | Mandriva | Last vendor Modification | 2007-11-02 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A memory management flaw was discovered in PWLib, that an attacker could use to crash an application linked with it, such as Ekiga. Updated packages have been patched to prevent these issues. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:206 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-399 | Resource Management Errors |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10928 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10928 | ||
| Title: | pwlib, as used by Ekiga 2.0.5 and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long argument to the PString::vsprintf function, related to a "memory management flaw". NOTE: this issue was originally reported as being in the SIPURL::GetHostAddress function in Ekiga (formerly GnomeMeeting). | ||
| Description: | pwlib, as used by Ekiga 2.0.5 and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long argument to the PString::vsprintf function, related to a "memory management flaw". NOTE: this issue was originally reported as being in the SIPURL::GetHostAddress function in Ekiga (formerly GnomeMeeting). | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2007-4897 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 Oracle Linux 5 | Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17687 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17687 | ||
| Title: | USN-561-1 -- pwlib vulnerability | ||
| Description: | Jose Miguel Esparza discovered that pwlib did not correctly handle large string lengths. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-561-1 CVE-2007-4897 | Version: | 7 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 6.06 Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10 | Product(s): | pwlib |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22100 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22100 | ||
| Title: | ELSA-2007:0932: pwlib security update (Moderate) | ||
| Description: | pwlib, as used by Ekiga 2.0.5 and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long argument to the PString::vsprintf function, related to a "memory management flaw". NOTE: this issue was originally reported as being in the SIPURL::GetHostAddress function in Ekiga (formerly GnomeMeeting). | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | ELSA-2007:0932-01 CVE-2007-4897 | Version: | 6 |
| Platform(s): | Oracle Linux 5 | Product(s): | pwlib |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
ExploitDB Exploits
| id | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-07-24 | Ekiga 2.0.5 - (GetHostAddress) Remote Denial of Service Exploit |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-04-09 | Name : Mandriva Update for pwlib MDKSA-2007:206 (pwlib) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_206.nasl |
| 2009-03-23 | Name : Ubuntu Update for pwlib vulnerability USN-561-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_561_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 41647 | PWLib src/ptlib/common/contain.cxx PString::vsprintf() Function Remote DoS |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2012-08-01 | Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20071008_pwlib_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2010-01-06 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2007-0932.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2008-01-10 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-561-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-11-05 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-206.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-10-09 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0932.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 11:38:58 |
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