GLSA-200703-12 : SILC Server: Denial of Service

low Nessus Plugin ID 24829

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-200703-12 (SILC Server: Denial of Service)

Frank Benkstein discovered a possible NULL pointer dereference in apps/silcd/command.c if a new channel is created without specifying a valid hmac or cipher algorithm name.
Impact :

A remote attacker could cause the server to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All SILC Server users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-im/silc-server-1.0.2-r1'

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 24829

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200703-12.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 3/16/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:silc-server, 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: 3/14/2007

Reference Information

BID: 22846

GLSA: 200703-12

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