CVE-2008-7160 (GCVE-0-2008-7160)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-09-10 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:56
VLAI
Summary
The silc_http_server_parse function in lib/silchttp/silchttpserver.c in the internal HTTP server in silcd in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.9 allows remote attackers to overwrite a stack location and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Content-Length header, related to incorrect use of a %lu format string.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2362 records in the last 180 days details
References
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http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1879 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://silcnet.org/general/news/news_toolkit.php x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://silcnet.org/docs/changelog/SILC%20Toolkit%… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Date Public
2009-01-08 00:00
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