SILC Server is affected by a Denial of Service vulnerability.
Package | net-im/silc-server on all architectures |
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Affected versions | < 1.0.2-r1 |
Unaffected versions | >= 1.0.2-r1 |
SILC Server is a server for the Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) protocol.
Frank Benkstein discovered a possible NULL pointer dereference in apps/silcd/command.c if a new channel is created without specifying a valid hmac or cipher algorithm name.
A remote attacker could cause the server to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All SILC Server users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-im/silc-server-1.0.2-r1"
Release date
March 14, 2007
Latest revision
March 14, 2007: 01
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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