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ekiga: format string vulnerability

Package(s):ekiga CVE #(s):CVE-2007-1006 CVE-2007-0999
Created:February 21, 2007 Updated:March 30, 2007
Description: Ekiga contains a format string vulnerability in the code which processes control messages from remote peers.

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.

Alerts:
Gentoo 200703-25 2007-03-29
Red Hat RHSA-2007:0087-02 2007-03-14
Mandriva MDKSA-2007:058 2007-03-08
Ubuntu USN-434-1 2007-03-09
Fedora FEDORA-2007-322 2007-03-07
Fedora FEDORA-2007-321 2007-03-07
Ubuntu USN-426-1 2007-02-22
Mandriva MDKSA-2007:044 2007-02-21
Fedora FEDORA-2007-263 2007-02-20
Fedora FEDORA-2007-262 2007-02-20
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