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TITLE:
Ekiga Format String Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24194

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24194/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Ekiga 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/13497/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Ekiga, which potentially can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to format string errors when the
"gm_main_window_flash_message()" function is invoked. This can be
exploited to crash the application or potentially execute arbitrary
code.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.0.5.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Mu Security.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.ekiga.org/index.php?rub=10&pos=0

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