Executive Summary

Summary
Title Ekiga vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-434-1 First vendor Publication 2007-03-09
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2007-03-09
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:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 5.10:
gnomemeeting 1.2.2-1ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
ekiga 2.0.1-0ubuntu6.2

Ubuntu 6.10:
ekiga 2.0.3-0ubuntu3.2

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Ekiga or reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

It was discovered that Ekiga had format string vulnerabilities beyond those fixed in USN-426-1. If a user was running Ekiga and listening for incoming calls, a remote attacker could send a crafted call request, and execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-434-1

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10944
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10944
Title: Format string vulnerability in Ekiga 2.0.3, and probably other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-1006.
Description: Format string vulnerability in Ekiga 2.0.3, and probably other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-1006.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-0999
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for ekiga MDKSA-2007:058 (ekiga)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_058.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for ekiga, gnomemeeting vulnerability USN-434-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_434_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
33505 Ekiga Unspecified Remote Format String Code Execution

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-01-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0087.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-434-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-03-12 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-058.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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2014-02-17 12:04:14
  • Multiple Updates
2013-05-11 12:25:49
  • Multiple Updates