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- RHSA-2007:0932
8/10/2007
RHSA-2007:0932: Moderate: pwlib security update
First published: Mon Oct 08 2007(Updated: )
PWLib is a library used to support cross-platform applications. <br>In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, the Ekiga teleconferencing application uses<br>PWLib.<br>A memory management flaw was discovered in PWLib. An attacker could use this<br>flaw to crash an application, such as Ekiga, which is linked with pwlib<br>(CVE-2007-4897). <br>Users should upgrade to these updated packages which contain a backported<br>patch to correct this issue.
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/pwlib | <1.10.1-7.0.1.el5 | 1.10.1-7.0.1.el5 |
| redhat/pwlib | <1.10.1-7.0.1.el5 | 1.10.1-7.0.1.el5 |
| redhat/pwlib-devel | <1.10.1-7.0.1.el5 | 1.10.1-7.0.1.el5 |
| redhat/pwlib-devel | <1.10.1-7.0.1.el5 | 1.10.1-7.0.1.el5 |
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