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Gentoo: 201412-38 High: Icecast Privilege Escalation and Disclosure

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Several security flaws in Icecast may lead to unauthorized privilege elevation and sensitive data exposure. Users are advised to perform an upgrade.
Two vulnerabilities have been found in Icecast, possibly resulting in privilege escalation or disclosure of information.

Summary

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in Icecast: * Icecast does not properly handle shared file descriptors (CVE-2014-9018) * Supplementary group privileges are not changed (CVE-2014-9091)

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo privilege escalation high information disclosure Icecast

Resolution

All Icecast users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/icecast-2.4.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-9018 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9018 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-9091 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9091

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-38
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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.

Severity: High
Title: Icecast: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: December 26, 2014
Bugs: #529956, #530784
ID: 201412-38

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo privilege escalation high information disclosure Icecast

Synopsis

Two vulnerabilities have been found in Icecast, possibly resulting in privilege escalation or disclosure of information.

Background

Icecast is an open source alternative to SHOUTcast that supports MP3, OGG (Vorbis/Theora) and AAC streaming.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-misc/icecast < 2.4.1 >= 2.4.1

Impact

===== A local attacker can possibly gain escalated privileges or obtain sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.