CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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6.7 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in SILC Silc-server 1.1. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:
Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Server before 1.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a NEW_CLIENT packet without a nickname.
The bug was discovered 03/14/2008. The weakness was disclosed 03/20/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-1429 since 03/20/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32073 (GLSA-200804-27 : SILC: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading to version 1.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41307) and Tenable (32073). The entry 41394 is pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7
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Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 32073
Nessus Name: GLSA-200804-27 : SILC: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 60871
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200804-27 (silc-toolkit silc-client silc-server)
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Upgrade: Silc-server 1.1
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Sources
Advisory: vupen.com⛔Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-1429 (🔍)
X-Force: 41307
SecurityTracker: 1019711
Vulnerability Center: 18305 - SILC Server < 1.1.1 Remote DoS via a NEW_CLIENT Packet, Medium
SecurityFocus: 28450 - SILC Server 'NEW_CLIENT' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 29459
OSVDB: 43741 - SILC - Server - 'NEW_CLIENT' Remote Denial of Service Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-0919
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Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 17:00Updated: 08/09/2019 21:24
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (72), 08/09/2019 21:24 (12)
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