Gentoo: GLSA-200405-10: Icecast denial of service vulnerability
Summary
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Severity: Normal Title: Icecast denial of service vulnerability Date: May 19, 2004 Bugs: #50935 ID: 200405-10
Synopsis ======= Icecast is vulnerable to a denial of service attack allowing remote users to crash the application.
Background ========= Icecast is a program that streams audio data to listeners over the Internet.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/icecast <= 2.0.0 >= 2.0.1
========== There is an out-of-bounds read error in the web interface of Icecast when handling Basic Authorization requests. This vulnerability can theorically be exploited by sending a specially crafted Authorization header to the server.
Impact ===== By exploiting this vulnerability, it is possible to crash the Icecast server remotely, resulting in a denial of service attack.
Workaround ========= There is no known workaround at this time. All users are advised to upgrade to the latest available version of Icecast.
Resolution ========= All users of Icecast should upgrade to the latest stable version:
# emerge sync
# emerge -pv ">=net-misc/icecast-2.0.1" # emerge ">=net-misc/icecast-2.0.1"
References ========= [ 1 ] Icecast 2.0.1 announcement
Availability =========== This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200405-10
Concerns? ======== Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org/.
License ====== Copyright 2004 Gentoo Technologies, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0/
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