FlexCast < 2.0 Remote Overflow

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2946

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is running FlexCast, a streaming audio and video server. This version of FlexCast is vulnerable to a remote buffer overflow. An attacker exploiting this flaw would be able to execute arbitrary code on the remote system. (CVE-2005-1897)

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.0 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 2946

Family: Web Servers

Published: 4/10/2015

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 18429

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:flexcast:flexcast_audio_video_streaming_server

Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1897

BID: 13858

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