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GLSA-200709-03 : Streamripper: Buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 26043

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-200709-03 (Streamripper: Buffer overflow)

 Chris Rohlf discovered several boundary errors in the httplib_parse_sc_header() function when processing HTTP headers.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to connect to a malicious streaming server, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Streamripper.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Streamripper users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-sound/streamripper-1.62.2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200709-03

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 26043

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200709-03.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 9/14/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/13/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4337

CWE: 119

GLSA: 200709-03