CVE-2005-2809 silc daemon (silcd.c) in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) 1.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the silcd.[PID].stats temporary file.
LowCVSS 2.1
EPSS 0.34%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
silc daemon (silcd.c) in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) 1.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the silcd.[PID].stats temporary file.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| silc secure internet live conferencing | = 0.9.11 | No fix listed |
| silc secure internet live conferencing | = 0.9.12 | No fix listed |
| silc secure internet live conferencing | = 0.9.13 | No fix listed |
| silc secure internet live conferencing | = 0.9.14 | No fix listed |
| silc secure internet live conferencing | = 0.9.15 | No fix listed |
| silc secure internet live conferencing | = 0.9.16 | No fix listed |
| silc secure internet live conferencing | = 0.9.17 | No fix listed |
| silc secure internet live conferencing | = 0.9.18 | No fix listed |
| silc secure internet live conferencing | = 0.9.19 | No fix listed |
| silc secure internet live conferencing | = 0.9.20 | No fix listed |
| silc secure internet live conferencing | = 0.9.21 | No fix listed |
| silc secure internet live conferencing | = 1.0 | No fix listed |
References
- bugs.gentoo.org patch
- 16659 third-party-advisory
- 20050901 silc server and toolkit insecure temporary file creation mailing-list
- 14716 vdb-entry
- www.zataz.net