CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
94.9%
SILC Client/Toolkit is prone to a format string vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900951");
script_version("2023-05-04T09:51:03+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-05-04 09:51:03 +0000 (Thu, 04 May 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-09-29 09:16:03 +0200 (Tue, 29 Sep 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3051");
script_name("SILC Client < 1.1.8 Nickname Field Format String Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("secpod_silc_prdts_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("SILC/Client/Ver");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2150");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35940");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/03/5");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"SILC Client/Toolkit is prone to a format string vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A format string error occurs in 'lib/silcclient/client_entry.c' while
processing format string specifiers in the nickname field.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Attackers can exploit this iisue to execute arbitrary code in the
context of the affected application and compromise the system.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"SILC Client prior to 1.1.8
SILC Toolkit prior to 1.1.10");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Apply the patch or update to SILC Client version 1.1.8 or
later.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
CPE = "cpe:/a:silcnet:silc_client";
include( "host_details.inc" );
include( "version_func.inc" );
if( ! vers = get_app_version( cpe: CPE ) )
exit( 0 );
if( version_is_less( version: vers, test_version:"1.1.8" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: vers, fixed_version: "1.1.8" );
security_message( port: 0, data: report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );