Summary
The remote host is missing an update to libsilc
announced via advisory FEDORA-2009-9356.
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.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum, available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2009-9356
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)
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-7160 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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