CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-7160
5.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-09-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-134
Description
The silc_http_server_parse function in lib/silchttp/silchttpserver.c in the internal HTTP server in silcd in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to overwrite a stack location and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Content-Length header, related to incorrect use of a %lu format string.
Affected configurations
• silcnet silc toolkit (<= 1.1.8)
• silcnet silc toolkit 1.1
• silcnet silc toolkit 1.1.1
• silcnet silc toolkit 1.1.2
• silcnet silc toolkit 1.1.3
• silcnet silc toolkit 1.1.4
• silcnet silc toolkit 1.1.5
• silcnet silc toolkit 1.1.6
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36614 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36625 Vendor Advisory
- http://silcnet.org/docs/changelog/SILC%20Toolkit%201.1.9 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://silcnet.org/general/news/news_toolkit.php Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1879 Patch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:234 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/31/5 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/5 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36194 Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36614 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36625 Vendor Advisory
- http://silcnet.org/docs/changelog/SILC%20Toolkit%201.1.9 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://silcnet.org/general/news/news_toolkit.php Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1879 Patch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:234 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/31/5 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/5 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36194 Patch