Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20070087
Revision Date:2008-03-20Version:639
Title:RHSA-2007:0087: ekiga security update (Critical)
Description:Ekiga is a tool to communicate with video and audio over the Internet.

  • Format string flaws were found in the way Ekiga processes certain messages. If a user is running Ekiga, a remote attacker who can connect to Ekiga could trigger this flaw and potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. (CVE-2007-0999, CVE-2007-1006)

    Users of Ekiga should upgrade to these updated packages which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2007-0999
    CVE-2007-1006
    RHSA-2007:0087
    RHSA-2007:0087-02
    RHSA-2007:0087-02
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is installed
  • AND ekiga is earlier than 0:2.0.2-7.0.2
  • AND ekiga is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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