Debian DSA-1583-1 : gnome-peercast - buffer overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 32405

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNOME PeerCast, the GNOME interface to PeerCast, a P2P audio and video streaming server. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2007-6454 Luigi Auriemma discovered that PeerCast is vulnerable to a heap overflow in the HTTP server code, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long SOURCE request.

- CVE-2008-2040 Nico Golde discovered that PeerCast, a P2P audio and video streaming server, is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the HTTP Basic Authentication code, allowing a remote attacker to crash PeerCast or execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the gnome-peercast package.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.5.4-1.1etch0.

gnome-peercast has been removed from the unstable distribution (sid).

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 32405

File Name: debian_DSA-1583.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/22/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gnome-peercast, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6454, CVE-2008-2040

CWE: 119

DSA: 1583

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