Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2007-4897 (CCN-36568)

Assigned:2007-09-12
Published:2007-09-12
Updated:2018-10-15
Summary: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).
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.7 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.7 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-399
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: CCN
Type: Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Wed Sep 12 2007 - 04:37:01 CDT
S21SEC-036-EN Ekiga <= 2.0.5 Denial of service

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
http://blog.s21sec.com/2007/09/sobre-la-vulnerabilidad-del-ekiga.html

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2007-4897

Source: CCN
Type: Ekiga Web site
Ekiga

Source: FULLDISC
Type: UNKNOWN
20070912 S21SEC-036-EN Ekiga <= 2.0.5 Denial of service

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
http://openh323.cvs.sourceforge.net/openh323/opal/src/sip/sipcon.cxx?r1=2.120.2.25&r2=2.120.2.26&pathrev=v2_2_9

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2007-0932
Moderate: pwlib security update

Source: CCN
Type: SA27127
PWLib "PString::vsprintf()" Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
27127

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
27150

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
27518

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
28385

Source: SREASON
Type: UNKNOWN
3138

Source: CCN
Type: SECTRACK ID: 1018683
Ekiga SIPURL::GetHostAddress() Memory Corruption Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service

Source: MANDRIVA
Type: UNKNOWN
MDKSA-2007:206

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2007:0932

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
http://www.s21sec.com/avisos/s21sec-036-en.txt

Source: BUGTRAQ
Type: UNKNOWN
20070912 S21SEC-036-EN Ekiga <= 2.0.5 Denial of service

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
25642

Source: CCN
Type: BID-25642
Ekiga GetHostAddress Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1018683

Source: CCN
Type: USN-561-1
pwlib vulnerability

Source: UBUNTU
Type: UNKNOWN
USN-561-1

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=292831

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
ekiga-sipurlgethostaddress-dos(36568)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
ekiga-sipurlgethostaddress-dos(36568)

Source: OVAL
Type: UNKNOWN
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10928

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:ekiga:ekiga:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 1:
  • cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_productivity:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 2:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 3:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5::client:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration RedHat 4:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17687
    P
    		USN-561-1 -- pwlib vulnerability
    2014-06-30
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22100
    P
    		ELSA-2007:0932: pwlib security update (Moderate)
    2014-05-26
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10928
    V
    		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).
    2013-04-29
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20070932
    P
    		RHSA-2007:0932: pwlib security update (Moderate)
    2007-10-08
    BACK
    ekiga ekiga 2.0.5