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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201006-07 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: SILC: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: June 01, 2010 |
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Bugs: #284561 |
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ID: 201006-07 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in SILC Toolkit and SILC |
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Client, the worst of which allowing for execution of arbitrary code. |
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Background |
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SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing protocol) Toolkit is a software |
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development kit for use in clients, and SILC Client is an IRSSI-based |
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text client. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 net-im/silc-toolkit < 1.1.10 >= 1.1.10 |
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2 net-im/silc-client < 1.1.8 >= 1.1.8 |
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2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in SILC Toolkit and SILC |
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Client. For further information please consult the CVE entries |
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referenced below. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could overwrite stack locations and possibly execute |
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arbitrary code via a crafted OID value, Content-Length header or format |
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string specifiers in a nickname field or channel name. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All SILC Toolkit users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/silc-toolkit-1.1.10" |
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All SILC Client users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/silc-client-1.1.8" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-7159 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-7159 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2008-7160 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-7160 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2009-3051 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3051 |
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[ 4 ] CVE-2009-3163 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3163 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201006-07.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |