Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-235 - 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. Multiple format string vulnerabilities in lib/silcclient/command.c in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.10, and SILC Client 1.1.8 and earlier, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a channel name, related to (1) silc_client_command_topic, (2) silc_client_command_kick, (3) silc_client_command_leave, and (4) silc_client_command_users. This update provides a solution to these vulnerabilities.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:235
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : silc-toolkit
Date : September 15, 2009
Affected: 2009.1
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Problem Description:
Multiple vulnerabilities was discovered and corrected in silc-toolkit:
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 (CVE-2009-3051).
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in lib/silcclient/command.c
in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.10,
and SILC Client 1.1.8 and earlier, allow remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a channel name, related
to (1) silc_client_command_topic, (2) silc_client_command_kick,
(3) silc_client_command_leave, and (4) silc_client_command_users
(CVE-2009-3163).
This update provides a solution to these vulnerabilities.
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3051
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3163
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Linux 2009.1:
963ef781398e914559c75514220c875d 2009.1/i586/libsilc1.1_2-1.1.9-1.1mdv2009.1.i586.rpm
18bb9a7ad80a3ea48e0456163b46e94e 2009.1/i586/libsilcclient1.1_3-1.1.9-1.1mdv2009.1.i586.rpm
816a0b7d2fceed7bac2af77d7a2cba09 2009.1/i586/silc-toolkit-1.1.9-1.1mdv2009.1.i586.rpm
7c712d1cf8aa7a588cf99a86b2ae886d 2009.1/i586/silc-toolkit-devel-1.1.9-1.1mdv2009.1.i586.rpm
55583cad550b01bbcd64fe6d2055e32c 2009.1/SRPMS/silc-toolkit-1.1.9-1.1mdv2009.1.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2009.1/X86_64:
9fd16b8e6d20347ec944a652c78f3e93 2009.1/x86_64/lib64silc1.1_2-1.1.9-1.1mdv2009.1.x86_64.rpm
00aab2d7e5776d8ab6dfdf629249331e 2009.1/x86_64/lib64silcclient1.1_3-1.1.9-1.1mdv2009.1.x86_64.rpm
188699f87467e9b41d0acb74b6e3fe8c 2009.1/x86_64/silc-toolkit-1.1.9-1.1mdv2009.1.x86_64.rpm
c10e9b7b1e405f26c91e2b7b20c29985 2009.1/x86_64/silc-toolkit-devel-1.1.9-1.1mdv2009.1.x86_64.rpm
55583cad550b01bbcd64fe6d2055e32c 2009.1/SRPMS/silc-toolkit-1.1.9-1.1mdv2009.1.src.rpm
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