metadata/glsa/glsa-200606-30.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200606-30">
  <title>Kiax: Arbitrary code execution</title>
  <synopsis>
    A security vulnerability in the iaxclient library could lead to the
    execution of arbitrary code by a remote attacker.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">kiax</product>
  <announced>June 30, 2006</announced>
  <revised>June 30, 2006: 01</revised>
  <bug>136099</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-misc/kiax" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">0.8.5_p1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">0.8.5_p1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Kiax is a graphical softphone supporting the IAX protocol (Inter
    Asterisk eXchange), which allows PC users to make VoIP calls to
    Asterisk servers.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    The iax_net_read function in the iaxclient library fails to properly
    handle IAX2 packets with truncated full frames or mini-frames. These
    frames are detected in a length check but processed anyway, leading to
    buffer overflows.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    By sending a specially crafted IAX2 packet, an attacker could execute
    arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Kiax.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Kiax users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=net-misc/kiax-0.8.5_p1&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2923">CVE-2006-2923</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:02:44 +0000">
    falco
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:16:37 +0000">
    falco
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:23:48 +0000">
    dizzutch
  </metadata>
</glsa>