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CVE-2008-7160 Detail

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.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (09/11/2009)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of libsilc as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, or 5.

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
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
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/31/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36194 Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-7160
NVD Published Date:
09/10/2009
NVD Last Modified:
10/22/2012
Source:
MITRE