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GLSA-200603-17 : PeerCast: Buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 21124

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-200603-17 (PeerCast: Buffer overflow)

 INFIGO discovered a problem in the URL handling code. Buffers that are allocated on the stack can be overflowed inside of nextCGIarg() function.
 Impact :

 By sending a specially crafted request to the HTTP server, a remote attacker can cause a stack overflow, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All PeerCast users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-sound/peercast-0.1217'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200603-17

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 21124

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200603-17.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 3/23/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/21/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/9/2006

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (PeerCast URL Handling Buffer Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1148

GLSA: 200603-17