CVE-2007-4897

ekiga GetHostAddress remote DoS

Published Sep 14, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 10.9% KEV · Not listed
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).

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-561-1 pwlib vulnerability
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 3:08 PM
Reserved
Sep 14, 2007, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 14, 2007, 6:17 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:44 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 12, 2007, 12:00 AM