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SHOUTcast Server admin.cgi Long Argument Overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 11719

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Synopsis

The remote streaming audio server is vulnerable a buffer overflow attack.

Description

The remote SHOUTcast Server crashes when an overly large number of backslashes is passed as an argument to its 'admin.cgi' script. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can leverage this issue to crash the affected service or possibly even execute arbitrary code on the affected host.

Solution

Unknown at this time.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2002/Jan/255

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 11719

File Name: shoutcast_admin_cgi_overflow.nasl

Version: 1.31

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 6/11/2003

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:nullsoft:shoutcast_server

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0199

BID: 3934