GLSA-200506-15 : PeerCast: Format string vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 18530

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200506-15 (PeerCast: Format string vulnerability)

James Bercegay of the GulfTech Security Research Team discovered that PeerCast insecurely implements formatted printing when receiving a request with a malformed URL.
Impact :

A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a request with a specially crafted URL to a PeerCast server to execute arbitrary code.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All PeerCast users should upgrade to the latest available version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-sound/peercast-0.1212'

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 18530

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200506-15.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 6/20/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:peercast, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 6/19/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1806

GLSA: 200506-15

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