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GLSA-201006-07 : SILC: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 46774

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201006-07 (SILC: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in SILC Toolkit and SILC Client. For further information please consult the CVE entries referenced below.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could overwrite stack locations and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted OID value, Content-Length header or format string specifiers in a nickname field or channel name.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All SILC Toolkit users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-im/silc-toolkit-1.1.10' All SILC Client users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-im/silc-client-1.1.8'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201006-07

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 46774

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201006-07.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 6/2/2010

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:silc-client, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:silc-toolkit, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-7159, CVE-2008-7160, CVE-2009-3051, CVE-2009-3163

BID: 36194

CWE: 134

GLSA: 201006-07