Debian DSA-1683-1 : streamripper - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 35061

Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple buffer overflows involving HTTP header and playlist parsing have been discovered in streamripper (CVE-2007-4337, CVE-2008-4829 ).

Solution

Upgrade the streamripper package.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.61.27-1+etch1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-4337

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4829

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1683

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506377

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 35061

File Name: debian_DSA-1683.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/9/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4337, CVE-2008-4829

CWE: 119

DSA: 1683