__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN GnomeMeeting Security Update [Red Hat RHSA-2007:0086-3] February 21, 2007 16:00 GMT Number R-151 [REVISED 5 Mar 2007] ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: A format string flaw was found in the way GnomeMeeting processes certain messages. PLATFORM: Red Hat Desktop (v. 3, v.4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, ES, WS (v. 3, v.4) Debian GNU/Linux 3. 1 (sarge) DAMAGE: An attacker could potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. An attacker could potentially execute ASSESSMENT: arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/r-151.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0086.html ADDITIONAL LINK: Debian Security Advisory DSA-1262-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1262 CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CVE-2007-1007 ______________________________________________________________________________ REVISION HISTORY: 03/05/2007 - revised R-151 to add a link to Debian Security Advisory DSA-1262-1 for Debian GNU/Linux 3. 1 (sarge). [***** Start Red Hat RHSA-2007:0086-3 *****] Critical: gnomemeeting security update Advisory: RHSA-2007:0086-3 Type: Security Advisory Severity: Critical Issued on: 2007-02-20 Last updated on: 2007-02-20 Affected Products: Red Hat Desktop (v. 3) Red Hat Desktop (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4) OVAL: com.redhat.rhsa-20070086.xml CVEs (cve.mitre.org): CVE-2007-1007 Details 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 Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. Updated packages Red Hat Desktop (v. 3) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRPMS: gnomemeeting-0.96.0-5.src.rpm ac32e799e8e154d52bb5532eed45d697 IA-32: gnomemeeting-0.96.0-5.i386.rpm 8f380a83328b56bf78dd2095b2b95f9c x86_64: gnomemeeting-0.96.0-5.x86_64.rpm dcca06f0edc48687a74cae33519e9d2a Red Hat Desktop (v. 4) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRPMS: gnomemeeting-1.0.2-9.src.rpm 9f1d929179537ac609955111fc9f5208 IA-32: gnomemeeting-1.0.2-9.i386.rpm 2d23f5e0bfa1edbf4fb441640236c417 x86_64: gnomemeeting-1.0.2-9.x86_64.rpm e6ab1cfeaa3137de1bf610fdda011e24 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRPMS: gnomemeeting-0.96.0-5.src.rpm ac32e799e8e154d52bb5532eed45d697 IA-32: gnomemeeting-0.96.0-5.i386.rpm 8f380a83328b56bf78dd2095b2b95f9c IA-64: gnomemeeting-0.96.0-5.ia64.rpm 94f7310761b1ffc4f8da7521a96f9d83 PPC: gnomemeeting-0.96.0-5.ppc.rpm 34490a6130e9dc80c4d1eab849875166 s390: gnomemeeting-0.96.0-5.s390.rpm 9ccdab64159ff104f6630616c704bb79 s390x: gnomemeeting-0.96.0-5.s390x.rpm 3e20cffb3cef7ed4c4dfc51014c41251 x86_64: gnomemeeting-0.96.0-5.x86_64.rpm dcca06f0edc48687a74cae33519e9d2a Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRPMS: gnomemeeting-1.0.2-9.src.rpm 9f1d929179537ac609955111fc9f5208 IA-32: gnomemeeting-1.0.2-9.i386.rpm 2d23f5e0bfa1edbf4fb441640236c417 IA-64: gnomemeeting-1.0.2-9.ia64.rpm a87c964ab2d41d4f600b90db543432b2 PPC: gnomemeeting-1.0.2-9.ppc.rpm e316b1cef291ff616ef20db452cc1b52 s390: gnomemeeting-1.0.2-9.s390.rpm 511e0a08386dae55dec50c55ae2fb2e7 s390x: gnomemeeting-1.0.2-9.s390x.rpm c6896eab5949424468f835d4e692d008 x86_64: gnomemeeting-1.0.2-9.x86_64.rpm e6ab1cfeaa3137de1bf610fdda011e24 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRPMS: gnomemeeting-0.96.0-5.src.rpm ac32e799e8e154d52bb5532eed45d697 IA-32: gnomemeeting-0.96.0-5.i386.rpm 8f380a83328b56bf78dd2095b2b95f9c IA-64: gnomemeeting-0.96.0-5.ia64.rpm 94f7310761b1ffc4f8da7521a96f9d83 x86_64: gnomemeeting-0.96.0-5.x86_64.rpm dcca06f0edc48687a74cae33519e9d2a Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRPMS: gnomemeeting-1.0.2-9.src.rpm 9f1d929179537ac609955111fc9f5208 IA-32: gnomemeeting-1.0.2-9.i386.rpm 2d23f5e0bfa1edbf4fb441640236c417 IA-64: gnomemeeting-1.0.2-9.ia64.rpm a87c964ab2d41d4f600b90db543432b2 x86_64: gnomemeeting-1.0.2-9.x86_64.rpm e6ab1cfeaa3137de1bf610fdda011e24 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 3) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRPMS: gnomemeeting-0.96.0-5.src.rpm ac32e799e8e154d52bb5532eed45d697 IA-32: gnomemeeting-0.96.0-5.i386.rpm 8f380a83328b56bf78dd2095b2b95f9c IA-64: gnomemeeting-0.96.0-5.ia64.rpm 94f7310761b1ffc4f8da7521a96f9d83 x86_64: gnomemeeting-0.96.0-5.x86_64.rpm dcca06f0edc48687a74cae33519e9d2a Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS (v. 4) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRPMS: gnomemeeting-1.0.2-9.src.rpm 9f1d929179537ac609955111fc9f5208 IA-32: gnomemeeting-1.0.2-9.i386.rpm 2d23f5e0bfa1edbf4fb441640236c417 IA-64: gnomemeeting-1.0.2-9.ia64.rpm a87c964ab2d41d4f600b90db543432b2 x86_64: gnomemeeting-1.0.2-9.x86_64.rpm e6ab1cfeaa3137de1bf610fdda011e24 (The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network) Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information) 229266 - CVE-2007-1007 gnomemeeting format string flaw References http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1007 http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. 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