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A vulnerability was found in ekiga 3.9.90. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code in the library lib/engine/components/opal/opal-call.cpp. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does
not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the
properties that are required to process the data safely and
correctly. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:
lib/engine/components/opal/opal-call.cpp in ekiga before 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an OPAL connection with a party name that contains invalid UTF-8 strings.
The weakness was presented 09/29/2014 as Bug 883058 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-5621 since 10/24/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 80602 (Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : ekiga (cve_2012_5621_denial_of)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121338 (Solaris 11.1 Support Repository Update (SRU) 9.5.1 Missing).
Upgrading to version 3.9.90 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (80640) and Tenable (80602). See 9649, 9638, 9637 and 10804 for similar entries.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 80602
Nessus Name: Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : ekiga (cve_2012_5621_denial_of)
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OpenVAS ID: 865422
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for ekiga FEDORA-2013-2890
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: ekiga 3.9.90
Patch: git.gnome.org
Timeline
10/24/2012 🔍12/04/2012 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: Bug 883058Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-5621 (🔍)
X-Force: 80640
Vulnerability Center: 39027 - Ekiga Before 4.0.0 Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 56790 - Ekiga UTF-8 Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 03/26/2015 16:14Updated: 03/29/2022 13:30
Changes: 03/26/2015 16:14 (70), 04/26/2017 23:42 (4), 03/29/2022 13:23 (3), 03/29/2022 13:30 (1)
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