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libsilc: buffer overflow

Package(s):libsilc CVE #(s):
Created:March 24, 2008 Updated:March 26, 2008
Description:

From the Red Hat bugzilla:

SILC Toolkit contains a possible buffer overflow from PKCS#1 message decoding in versions earlier than 1.1.7. Specially crafted digital signature can be used to crash the program.

Alerts:
Fedora FEDORA-2008-2641 2008-03-21
Fedora FEDORA-2008-2616 2008-03-21
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