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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2007-4897 EUVD-2007-4878GHSA-m936-63jp-34qv

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 l…

Published Sep 14, 2007 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

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).

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 5.0 pwlib 1.10.7~dfsg1-4+lenny1 DTSA-94-1
Debian 5.0 pwlib-titan 1.11.2-1+lenny1 DTSA-94-1

Red Hat

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 5 pwlib +1 1.10.1-7.0.1.el5 RHSA-2007:0932
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Rhel Productivity 5 pwlib +1 1.10.1-7.0.1.el5 RHSA-2007:0932

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 2

References