Gentoo: GLSA-202311-12 Urgent: HypotheticalApp Remote Code Execution Flaw
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January 31, 2008
A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in PeerCast.
Summary
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200801-22:02
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: High
Title: PeerCast: Buffer overflow
Date: January 30, 2008
Updated: January 30, 2008
Bugs: #202747
ID: 200801-22:02
Synopsis
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A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in PeerCast.
Background
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PeerCast is a client and server for P2P-radio network
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-sound/peercast < 0.1218 >= 0.1218
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Luigi Auriemma reported a heap-based buffer overflow within the
"handshakeHTTP()" function when processing HTTP requests.
Impact
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A remote attacker could ...Read the Full Advisory
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