CVE-2009-3051

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2009-07-31
Bugzilla:
515648: libsilc: multiple format string issues in handling of client entry (CVE-2009-3051) and channel name (CVE-2009-3163)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2009-3051 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

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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