[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200901-05 ] Streamripper: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200901-05

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Severity: Normal

Title: Streamripper: Multiple vulnerabilities

Date: January 11, 2009

Bugs: #249039

ID: 200901-05

 

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Synopsis

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Multiple buffer overflows have been discovered in Streamripper,

allowing for user-assisted execution of arbitrary code.

 

Background

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Streamripper is a tool for extracting and recording mp3 files from a

Shoutcast stream.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 media-sound/streamripper < 1.64.0 >= 1.64.0

 

Description

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Stefan Cornelius from Secunia Research reported multiple buffer

overflows in the http_parse_sc_header(), http_get_pls() and

http_get_m3u() functions in lib/http.c when parsing overly long HTTP

headers, or pls and m3u playlists with overly long entries.

 

Impact

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A remote attacker could entice a user to connect to a malicious 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 Streamripper users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/streamripper-1.64.0"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2008-4829

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4829

 

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-200901-05.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 2009 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