CVE-2008-7160

libsilc: stack corruption in SilcHttpServer on 64bit archs

Published Sep 10, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 5.8 Medium EPSS 4.0% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1879-1 New silc-client/silc-toolkit packages fix arbitrary code execution
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-7119 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.
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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 11:56 AM
Reserved
Sep 3, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 10, 2009, 9:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:03 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Dec 13, 2008, 12:00 AM