Gentoo: GLSA-200807-11: PeerCast: Buffer overflow
Summary
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Severity: High Title: PeerCast: Buffer overflow Date: July 21, 2008 Bugs: #220281 ID: 200807-11
Synopsis ======= A buffer overflow vulnerability in PeerCast may allow for the remote execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= PeerCast is a client and server for P2P-radio networks.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-sound/peercast < 0.1218-r1 >= 0.1218-r1
========== Nico Golde reported a boundary error in the HTTP::getAuthUserPass() function when processing overly long HTTP Basic authentication requests.
Impact ===== A remote attacker could send a specially crafted HTTP request to the vulnerable server, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
Workaround ========= There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution ========= All PeerCast users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/peercast-0.1218-r1"
References ========= [ 1 ] CVE-2008-2040 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2040
Availability =========== This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200807-11
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 2008 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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