>> Redhat Security Update Fixes PWLib Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Title : Redhat Security Update Fixes PWLib Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3404 CVE ID : CVE-2007-4897
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-10-09
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in various Redhat products, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an error in PWLib when processing malformed data, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an application linked against a vulnerable library (e.g. Ekiga), leading to a denial of service condition.
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