[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200807-11 ] PeerCast: Buffer overflow

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200807-11

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http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: High

Title: PeerCast: Buffer overflow

Date: July 21, 2008

Bugs: #220281

ID: 200807-11

 

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Synopsis

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A buffer overflow vulnerability in PeerCast may allow for the remote

execution of arbitrary code.

 

Background

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PeerCast is a client and server for P2P-radio networks.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 media-sound/peercast < 0.1218-r1 >= 0.1218-r1

 

Description

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Nico Golde reported a boundary error in the HTTP::getAuthUserPass()

function when processing overly long HTTP Basic authentication

requests.

 

Impact

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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

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All PeerCast users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/peercast-0.1218-r1"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-2040

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2040

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-11.xml

 

Concerns?

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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 ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

http://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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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.

 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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