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CVE-2007-4924

5.0 · MEDIUM

The Open Phone Abstraction Library (opal), as used by (1) Ekiga before 2.0.10 and (2) OpenH323 before 2.2.4, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid Content-Leng…

Published Oct 8, 2007ekigaCWE-20EPSS 10.68%

Overview

CVE-2007-4924 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting ekiga ekiga. It was published on October 8, 2007 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

The Open Phone Abstraction Library (opal), as used by (1) Ekiga before 2.0.10 and (2) OpenH323 before 2.2.4, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid Content-Length header field in Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) packets, which causes a \0 byte to be written to an "attacker-controlled address."

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from ekiga. Update ekiga to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsStatus
ekigaekiga0Affected
openh323_projectopenh3230Affected

References

Reflists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00006.htmlRefmail.gnome.org/archives/ekiga-list/2007-September/msg00103.htmlRefopenh323.cvs.sourceforge.net/openh323/opal/src/sip/sippdu.cxx?r1=2.83.2.19&r2=2.83.2.20Refosvdb.org/41637Refsecunia.com/advisories/27118Refsecunia.com/advisories/27128Refsecunia.com/advisories/27129Refsecunia.com/advisories/27271Refsecunia.com/advisories/27524Refsecunia.com/advisories/28380

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2007-4924?

CVE-2007-4924 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting ekiga ekiga. It was published on October 8, 2007 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2007-4924?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2007-4924?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from ekiga. Update ekiga to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2007-4924?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2007-4924 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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