CVE-2007-4924
mediumpriority · track · 34EPSS 0.107 · 96 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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."
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- Fixedopal-0:2.2.2-1.1.0.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0957 - Fixedopal-0:2.2.2-1.1.0.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0957 - Fixedopal-0:2.2.2-1.1.0.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0957 - Fixedopal-0:2.2.2-1.1.0.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0957 - Fixedopal-0:2.2.2-1.1.0.1.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0957 - Fixedopal-0:2.2.2-1.1.0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0957 - Fixedopal-0:2.2.2-1.1.0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0957 - Fixedopal-debuginfo-0:2.2.2-1.1.0.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0957 - Fixedopal-debuginfo-0:2.2.2-1.1.0.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0957 - Fixedopal-debuginfo-0:2.2.2-1.1.0.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0957 - Fixedopal-debuginfo-0:2.2.2-1.1.0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0957 - Fixedopal-debuginfo-0:2.2.2-1.1.0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0957 - Fixedopal-debuginfo-0:2.2.2-1.1.0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0957 - Fixedopal-devel-0:2.2.2-1.1.0.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0957 - Fixedopal-devel-0:2.2.2-1.1.0.1.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0957 - Fixedopal-devel-0:2.2.2-1.1.0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0957 - Fixedopal-devel-0:2.2.2-1.1.0.1.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0957
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-9240OpenH323 Opal SIP Protocol - Remote Denial of Servicefunctional · exploit_db
affected products (20)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
advisories (1)
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- RHSA-2007:0957Red Hat Security Advisory: opal security update2007-10-08csaf · redhat_csafUS
Updated opal packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (44)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00006.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/ekiga-list/2007-September/msg00103.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://openh323.cvs.sourceforge.net/openh323/opal/src/sip/sippdu.cxx?r1=2.83.2.19&r2=2.83.2.20enisa_euvd
- http://osvdb.org/41637enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27118enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27128enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27129enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27271enisa_euvd
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