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RHEL 3 / 4 : gnomemeeting (RHSA-2007:0086)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 24678

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated gnomemeeting packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

GnomeMeeting is a tool to communicate with video and audio over the Internet.

A format string flaw was found in the way GnomeMeeting processes certain messages. If a user is running GnomeMeeting, a remote attacker who can connect to GnomeMeeting could trigger this flaw and potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.
(CVE-2007-1007)

Users of GnomeMeeting should upgrade to these updated packages which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected gnomemeeting package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-1007

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0086

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 24678

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0086.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/21/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gnomemeeting, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/20/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1007

BID: 22613

RHSA: 2007:0086