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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-3163: SILC: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-3163: SILC: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/10/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in lib/silcclient/command.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.10, and SILC Client 1.1.8 and earlier, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a channel name, related to (1) silc_client_command_topic, (2) silc_client_command_kick, (3) silc_client_command_leave, and (4) silc_client_command_users.

Solution(s)

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

References

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