oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7974

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7974
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7974
Title: DSA-1879 silc-client/silc-toolkit -- several vulnerabilities
Description: Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the software suite for the SILC protocol, a network protocol designed to provide end-to-end security for conferencing services. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: An incorrect format string in sscanf() used in the ASN1 encoder to scan an OID value could overwrite a neighbouring variable on the stack as the destination data type is smaller than the source type on 64-bit. On 64-bit architectures this could result in unexpected application behaviour or even code execution in some cases. Various format string vulnerabilities when handling parsed SILC messages allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the rights of the victim running the SILC client via crafted nick names or channel names containing format strings. CVE-2008-7160 An incorrect format string in a sscanf() call used in the HTTP server component of silcd could result in overwriting a neighbouring variable on the stack as the destination data type is smaller than the source type on 64-bit. An attacker could exploit this by using crafted Content-Length header values resulting in unexpected application behaviour or even code execution in some cases. silc-server doesn't need an update as it uses the shared library provided by silc-toolkit. silc-client/silc-toolkit in the oldstable distribution (etch) is not affected by this problem.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1879
CVE-2008-7159
CVE-2008-7160
CVE-2009-3051
Version: 3
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
Product(s): silc-client/silc-toolkit
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Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6513
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6513
Title: Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 is installed
Description: Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny) is installed
Family: unix Class: inventory
Reference(s): cpe:/o:debian:debian_gnu/linux:5.0
Version: 7
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
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oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7974