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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-7159: SILC: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-7159: SILC: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/10/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

The silc_asn1_encoder function in lib/silcasn1/silcasn1_encode.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to overwrite a stack location and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted OID value, related to incorrect use of a %lu format string.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-im-silc-client
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-im-silc-toolkit

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