Vulnerability CVE-2008-7160
Published: 2009-09-10   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-134

 (Uncontrolled Format String)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.8/10
4.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Silcnet -> Silc toolkit 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36194
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1879
http://silcnet.org/general/news/news_toolkit.php
http://silcnet.org/docs/changelog/SILC%20Toolkit%201.1.9
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/31/5
http://secunia.com/advisories/36625
http://secunia.com/advisories/36614
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
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