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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).

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10928

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
Status:
ACCEPTED
Platform(s):
  • CentOS Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Oracle Linux 5
Class:
vulnerability
Reference(s):
  • CVE-2007-4897
Product(s):