- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200603-17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: High Title: PeerCast: Buffer overflow Date: March 21, 2006 Bugs: #123432 ID: 200603-17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== PeerCast is vulnerable to a buffer overflow that may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. Background ========== PeerCast is a Peer to Peer broadcasting technology for listening to radio and watching video on the Internet. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-sound/peercast < 0.1217 >= 0.1217 Description =========== INFIGO discovered a problem in the URL handling code. Buffers that are allocated on the stack can be overflowed inside of nextCGIarg() function. Impact ====== By sending a specially crafted request to the HTTP server, a remote attacker can cause a stack overflow, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All PeerCast users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/peercast-0.1217" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2006-1148 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2006-1148 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200603-17.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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