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title: "CVE-2009-3051\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-3051?format=md
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# CVE-2009-3051

Publication date 10 September 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in lib/silcclient/client\_entry.c in
Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) Toolkit before 1.1.10, and SILC
Client before 1.1.8, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via
format string specifiers in a nickname field, related to the (1)
silc\_client\_add\_client, (2) silc\_client\_update\_client, and (3)
silc\_client\_nickname\_format functions.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-3051?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| silc-client | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| silc-server | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| silc-toolkit | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-3051?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [kees](https://launchpad.net/~kees)

silc-server and silc-client use silc-toolkit's system libraries
intrepid and later are protected by fortify-source

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| silc-toolkit | * Upstream:   <http://git.silcnet.org/gitweb/?p=silc.git;a=commitdiff;h=1598b3a51b51a434037461ccd35487bc0df3137c> * Upstream:   <http://git.silcnet.org/gitweb/?p=silc.git;a=commitdiff;h=8cb801cf6482666818e721822ce81c81ec818908> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3051)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3051)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-3051)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3051)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3051>