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CVE-2007-1007 Detail

Description

Format string vulnerability in GnomeMeeting 1.0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format strings in the name, which is not properly handled in a call to the gnomemeeting_log_insert function.


Evaluator Description

The product "GnomeMeeting" is now called "Ekiga".

Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Evaluator Impact

Failed exploit attempts will like result in a system level denial-of-service condition.

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.asc CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=229266 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://osvdb.org/32083 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24185 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24271 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24284 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24379 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/25119 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1262 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:045 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_9_sr.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0086.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-426-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11776 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-1007
NVD Published Date:
02/20/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.