GLSA 201006-07: SILC: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	SILC: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	06/01/2010
Bugs:	#284561
ID:	201006-07

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in SILC Toolkit and SILC Client, the worst of which allowing for execution of arbitrary code.

Background

SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing protocol) Toolkit is a software development kit for use in clients, and SILC Client is an IRSSI-based text client.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-im/silc-toolkit	< 1.1.10	>= 1.1.10	All supported architectures
net-im/silc-client	< 1.1.8	>= 1.1.8	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in SILC Toolkit and SILC Client. For further information please consult the CVE entries referenced below.

Impact

A remote attacker could overwrite stack locations and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted OID value, Content-Length header or format string specifiers in a nickname field or channel name.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All SILC Toolkit users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/silc-toolkit-1.1.10"

All SILC Client users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/silc-client-1.1.8"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201006-07.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.