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GLSA-200807-11 : PeerCast: Buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 33557

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-200807-11 (PeerCast: Buffer overflow)

 Nico Golde reported a boundary error in the HTTP::getAuthUserPass() function when processing overly long HTTP Basic authentication requests.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could send a specially crafted HTTP request to the vulnerable server, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
 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-0.1218-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200807-11

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 33557

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200807-11.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 7/23/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

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: 7/21/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2040

CWE: 119

GLSA: 200807-11