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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2009-3051

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2009-3051

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/10/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/17/2015
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in lib/silcclient/client_entry.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.10, and SILC Client before 1.1.8, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a nickname field, related to the (1) silc_client_add_client, (2) silc_client_update_client, and (3) silc_client_nickname_format functions.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-silc-toolkit
  • suse-upgrade-silc-toolkit-devel

References

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