openSUSE 10 Security Update : silc-toolkit (silc-toolkit-6479)

high Nessus Plugin ID 42033

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of slic-toolkit fixes stack-based overflow while encoding a ASN.1 OID (CVE-2008-7159) and several format string bugs (CVE-2009-3051, CVE-2008-7160). The probability to exploit this issues to execute arbitrary code is high.

Solution

Update the affected silc-toolkit packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 42033

File Name: suse_silc-toolkit-6479.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/6/2009

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: 9/8/2009

Reference Information

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

CWE: 134