Debian DSA-1582-1 : peercast - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 32404

Synopsis

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

Description

Nico Golde discovered that PeerCast, a P2P audio and video streaming server, is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the HTTP Basic Authentication code, allowing a remote attacker to crash PeerCast or execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the peercast package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.1217.toots.20060314-1etch1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478573

https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1582

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 32404

File Name: debian_DSA-1582.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/22/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:debian:debian_linux:peercast, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-2040

CWE: 119

DSA: 1582