FKIE_CVE-2008-7160
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-09-10 21:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:03
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| silcnet | silc_toolkit | * | |
| silcnet | silc_toolkit | 1.1 | |
| silcnet | silc_toolkit | 1.1.1 | |
| silcnet | silc_toolkit | 1.1.2 | |
| silcnet | silc_toolkit | 1.1.3 | |
| silcnet | silc_toolkit | 1.1.4 | |
| silcnet | silc_toolkit | 1.1.5 | |
| silcnet | silc_toolkit | 1.1.6 |
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