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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64848
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-9356 (libsilc)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to libsilc;announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-9356.;Note: This VT has been deprecated and is therefore no longer functional.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to libsilc
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-9356.
Note: This VT has been deprecated and is therefore no longer functional.

Vulnerability Insight:
SILC Client Library libraries for clients to connect to SILC networks.

SILC (Secure Internet Live Conferencing) is a protocol which provides
secure conferencing services on the Internet over insecure channel.

ChangeLog:

* Fri Sep 4 2009 Stu Tomlinson 1.1.8-7

- Backport patch to fix stack corruption (CVE-2008-7160) (#521256)

* Fri Sep 4 2009 Stu Tomlinson 1.1.8-6

- Backport patch to fix additional string format vulnerabilities (#515648)

Solution:
Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update libsilc' at the command line.

CVSS Score:
5.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-7160
BugTraq ID: 36194
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36194
Debian Security Information: DSA-1879 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1879
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:234
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/31/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/5
http://secunia.com/advisories/36614
http://secunia.com/advisories/36625
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2009:016 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2009 E-Soft Inc.

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