Multiple format string vulnerabilities in lib/silcclient/command.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.10, and SILC Client 1.1.8 and earlier, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a channel name, related to (1) silc_client_command_topic, (2) silc_client_command_kick, (3) silc_client_command_leave, and (4) silc_client_command_users.

Multiple vulnerabilities was discovered and corrected in silc-toolkit :

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in lib/silcclient/client_entry.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.10, and SILC Client before 1.1.8, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a nickname field, related to the (1) silc_client_add_client, (2) silc_client_update_client, and (3) silc_client_nickname_format functions (CVE-2009-3051).

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in lib/silcclient/command.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.10, and SILC Client 1.1.8 and earlier, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a channel name, related to (1) silc_client_command_topic, (2) silc_client_command_kick, (3) silc_client_command_leave, and (4) silc_client_command_users (CVE-2009-3163).

This update provides a solution to these vulnerabilities.

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.

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the software suite for the SILC protocol, a network protocol designed to provide end-to-end security for conferencing services. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

  - CVE-2008-7159     An incorrect format string in sscanf() used in the ASN1     encoder to scan an OID value could overwrite a     neighbouring variable on the stack as the destination     data type is smaller than the source type on 64-bit. On     64-bit architectures this could result in unexpected     application behaviour or even code execution in some     cases.

  - CVE-2009-3051     Various format string vulnerabilities when handling     parsed SILC messages allow an attacker to execute     arbitrary code with the rights of the victim running the     SILC client via crafted nick names or channel names     containing format strings.

  - CVE-2008-7160     An incorrect format string in a sscanf() call used in     the HTTP server component of silcd could result in     overwriting a neighbouring variable on the stack as the     destination data type is smaller than the source type on     64-bit. An attacker could exploit this by using crafted     Content-Length header values resulting in unexpected     application behaviour or even code execution in some     cases.

silc-server doesn't need an update as it uses the shared library provided by silc-toolkit. silc-client/silc-toolkit in the oldstable distribution (etch) is not affected by this problem.

Multiple vulnerabilities was discovered and corrected in silc-toolkit :

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in lib/silcclient/client_entry.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.10, and SILC Client before 1.1.8, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a nickname field, related to the (1) silc_client_add_client, (2) silc_client_update_client, and (3) silc_client_nickname_format functions (CVE-2009-3051).

The silc_asn1_encoder function in lib/silcasn1/silcasn1_encode.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.8 allows remote attackers to overwrite a stack location and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted OID value, related to incorrect use of a %lu format string (CVE-2008-7159).

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 (CVE-2008-7160).

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in lib/silcclient/command.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.10, and SILC Client 1.1.8 and earlier, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a channel name, related to (1) silc_client_command_topic, (2) silc_client_command_kick, (3) silc_client_command_leave, and (4) silc_client_command_users (CVE-2009-3163).

This update provides a solution to these vulnerabilities.

Update :

Packages for MES5 was not provided previousely, this update addresses this problem.

Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
48152	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : silc-toolkit (MDVSA-2009:235)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	high
46774	GLSA-201006-07 : SILC: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
44744	Debian DSA-1879-1 : silc-client/silc-toolkit - several vulnerabilities	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
40997	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : silc-toolkit (MDVSA-2009:234-2)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	high

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