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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-3051 Detail

Description

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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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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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/36134 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/36614 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://silcnet.org/docs/changelog/SILC%20Client%201.1.8 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://silcnet.org/docs/changelog/SILC%20Toolkit%201.1.10 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://silcnet.org/docs/release/SILC%20Client%201.1.8 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://silcnet.org/general/news/news_client.php CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://silcnet.org/general/news/news_toolkit.php CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1879 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:234 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:235 CVE, MITRE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/31/5 CVE, MITRE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/5 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35940 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2150 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 

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-2009-3051
NVD Published Date:
09/10/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE