openSUSE 10 Security Update : silc-toolkit (silc-toolkit-5094)

high Nessus Plugin ID 31458

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of silc-toolkit fixes a stack-based buffer overflow in the silc_fingerprint() function which can possibly exploited to execute arbitrary code remotely. (CVE-2008-1227)

Solution

Update the affected silc-toolkit packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 31458

File Name: suse_silc-toolkit-5094.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/13/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:silc-toolkit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:silc-toolkit-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1227

CWE: 119

Detections

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