PT-2005-3686 · Secure Internet Live Conferencing · Silc

Romang · Published 2005-09-07 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-2809

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SILC versions 1.0 and earlier

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the silcd.[PID].stats temporary file. This is due to a flaw in the silc daemon (silcd.c) in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC).

Recommendations For SILC versions 1.0 and earlier, consider restricting access to the silc daemon to prevent local users from exploiting this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-2809

Affected Products

Silc

References · 6

• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94587 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2809 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/14716 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/409672 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16659 · Note
• http://zataz.net/adviso/silc-server-toolkit-06152005.txt · Note