1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-562-1

USN-562-1: opal vulnerability

Publication date

8 January 2008

Overview

opal vulnerability

Releases

Packages

Details

Jose Miguel Esparza discovered that certain SIP headers were not correctly
validated. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted packet to
an application linked against opal (e.g. Ekiga) causing it to crash, leading
to a denial of service.

Jose Miguel Esparza discovered that certain SIP headers were not correctly
validated. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted packet to
an application linked against opal (e.g. Ekiga) causing it to crash, leading
to a denial of service.

Update instructions

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
7.04 feisty libopal-2.2.0 –  2.2.3.dfsg-2ubuntu2.1
6.10 edgy libopal-2.2.0 –  2.2.3.dfsg-0ubuntu2.1
6.06 dapper libopal-2.2.0 –  2.2.1-1ubuntu1.1

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