GLSA-200609-01 : Streamripper: Multiple remote buffer overflows

high Nessus Plugin ID 22323

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-200609-01 (Streamripper: Multiple remote buffer overflows)

Ulf Harnhammar, from the Debian Security Audit Project, has found that Streamripper is vulnerable to multiple stack based buffer overflows caused by improper bounds checking when processing malformed HTTP headers.
Impact :

By enticing a user to connect to a malicious server, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Streamripper Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Streamripper users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-sound/streamripper-1.61.26'

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22323

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200609-01.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 9/12/2006

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:streamripper, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 9/6/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3124

GLSA: 200609-01

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