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CVE-2008-1429 (GCVE-0-2008-1429)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-03-20 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:24
VLAI
Summary
Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Server before 1.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a NEW_CLIENT packet without a nickname.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-27.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28450 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/29946 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://silcnet.org/docs/release/SILC%20Server%201.1.1 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0919… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/29459 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019711 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2008-03-14 00:00
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