CVE-2008-7159

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-7159
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-09-10 21:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-134 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Silcnet Silc Toolkit 1.1 All All All
Application Silcnet Silc Toolkit 1.1.1 All All All
Application Silcnet Silc Toolkit 1.1.2 All All All
Application Silcnet Silc Toolkit 1.1.3 All All All
Application Silcnet Silc Toolkit 1.1.4 All All All
Application Silcnet Silc Toolkit 1.1.5 All All All
Application Silcnet Silc Toolkit All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA36625 - SILC Toolkit / SILC Server Incorrect Format Specifier Memory Corruption - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian update for silc-client and silc-toolkit - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE id request: silc-toolkit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Patch
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:234 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 silcnet.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE id request: silc-toolkit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1879-1 silc-client/silc-toolkit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch
SILC Toolkit Encoded OID Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
SILC Secure Internet Live Conferencing af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 silcnet.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-09-11Tomas HogerNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of libsilc as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, or 5.

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