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GLSA-200804-27 : SILC: Multiple vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 32073
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-200804-27 (SILC: Multiple vulnerabilities)Nathan G. Grennan reported a boundary error in SILC Toolkit within the silc_fingerprint() function in the file lib/silcutil/silcutil.c when passing overly long data, resulting in a stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2008-1227).
A vulnerability has been reported in SILC Server which is caused due to an error in the handling of 'NEW_CLIENT' packets that do not contain a nickname (CVE-2008-1429).
Ariel Waissbein, Pedro Varangot, Martin Mizrahi, Oren Isacson, Carlos Garcia, and Ivan Arce of Core Security Technologies reported that SILC Client, Server, and Toolkit contain a vulnerability in the silc_pkcs1_decode() function in the silccrypt library (silcpkcs1.c), resulting in an integer underflow, signedness error, and a buffer overflow (CVE-2008-1552).
Impact :
A remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to cause a Denial of Service or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All SILC Toolkit users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-im/silc-toolkit-1.1.7' All SILC Client users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-im/silc-client-1.1.4' All SILC Server users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-im/silc-server-1.1.2'
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 32073
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200804-27.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 4/28/2008
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:silc-client, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:silc-server, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:silc-toolkit, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Patch Publication Date: 4/24/2008