CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-7159

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Published: Sep 10, 2009 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Weakness

The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Silc_toolkit Silcnet * 1.1.6 (including)
Silc_toolkit Silcnet 1.1 (including) 1.1 (including)
Silc_toolkit Silcnet 1.1.1 (including) 1.1.1 (including)
Silc_toolkit Silcnet 1.1.2 (including) 1.1.2 (including)
Silc_toolkit Silcnet 1.1.3 (including) 1.1.3 (including)
Silc_toolkit Silcnet 1.1.4 (including) 1.1.4 (including)
Silc_toolkit Silcnet 1.1.5 (including) 1.1.5 (including)
Silc-toolkit Ubuntu dapper *
Silc-toolkit Ubuntu hardy *
Silc-toolkit Ubuntu intrepid *
Silc-toolkit Ubuntu jaunty *
Silc-toolkit Ubuntu upstream *

Potential Mitigations

References