Gentoo: GLSA-201006-07 Normal: SILC Toolkit Multiple Issues
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June 1, 2010
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in SILC Toolkit and SILC Client, the worst of which allowing for execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in SILC Toolkit and SILC Client. For further information please consult the CVE entries referenced below.
Topics Covered
Resolution
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"
All SILC Client users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/silc-client-1.1.8"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2008-7159 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-7159 [ 2 ] CVE-2008-7160 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-7160 [ 3 ] CVE-2009-3051 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3051 [ 4 ] CVE-2009-3163 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3163
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201006-07
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: Normal
Title: SILC: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: June 01, 2010
Bugs: #284561
ID: 201006-07
Topics Covered
Background
SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing protocol) Toolkit is a software
development kit for use in clients, and SILC Client is an IRSSI-based
text client.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-im/silc-toolkit < 1.1.10 >= 1.1.10
2 net-im/silc-client < 1.1.8 >= 1.1.8
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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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Impact
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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.
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