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Subject:
Security ERRATA for pwlib on SL5.x i386/x86_64
From:
Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Mon, 8 Oct 2007 15:23:15 -0500
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Synopsis:	Moderate: pwlib security update
Issue date:	2007-10-08
CVE Names:	CVE-2007-4897

In Scientific Linux 5, the Ekiga teleconferencing application uses
PWLib.

A memory management flaw was discovered in PWLib.  An attacker could use this
flaw to crash an application, such as Ekiga, which is linked with pwlib
(CVE-2007-4897).

SL 5.x

   SRPMS:
pwlib-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.src.rpm
   i386:
pwlib-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.i386.rpm
pwlib-devel-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.i386.rpm
   x86_64:
pwlib-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
pwlib-devel-1.10.1-7.0.1.el5.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

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