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GLSA-200801-22 : PeerCast: Buffer overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 30139

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-200801-22 (PeerCast: Buffer overflow)

 Luigi Auriemma reported a heap-based buffer overflow within the 'handshakeHTTP()' function when processing HTTP requests.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to the vulnerable server, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the PeerCast server, usually 'nobody'.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All PeerCast users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-sound/peercast-0.1218'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200801-22

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 30139

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200801-22.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 2/1/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:peercast, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/30/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6454

CWE: 119

GLSA: 200801-22