CVE-2009-3051 (GCVE-0-2009-3051)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-09-10 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:14
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2009-08-01 00:00
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    "redhat_vex": {
      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T13:10:42+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2009-3051",
      "id": "CVE-2009-3051",
      "initial_release_date": "2009-07-31T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "1",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "libsilc: multiple format string issues in handling of client entry (CVE-2009-3051) and channel name (CVE-2009-3163)",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2009/cve-2009-3051.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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