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GLSA-200712-18 : Multi-Threaded DAAP Daemon: Multiple vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 29815
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-200712-18 (Multi-Threaded DAAP Daemon: Multiple vulnerabilities)nnp discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the XML-RPC handler in the file webserver.c. The ws_addarg() function contains a format string vulnerability, as it does not properly sanitize username and password data from the 'Authorization: Basic' HTTP header line (CVE-2007-5825).
The ws_decodepassword() and ws_getheaders() functions do not correctly handle empty Authorization header lines, or header lines without a ':' character, leading to NULL pointer dereferences (CVE-2007-5824).
Impact :
A remote attacker could send specially crafted HTTP requests to the web server in the Multi-Threaded DAAP Daemon, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the web server or a Denial of Service.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All Multi-Threaded DAAP Daemon users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-sound/mt-daapd-0.2.4.1'
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 29815
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200712-18.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 12/31/2007
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mt-daapd, 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: 12/29/2007
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-5824, CVE-2007-5825
BID: 26310