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[ GLSA 200506-15 ] PeerCast: Format string vulnerability
From: Thierry Carrez <koon () gentoo org>
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 21:12:16 +0200
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200506-15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: High Title: PeerCast: Format string vulnerability Date: June 19, 2005 Bugs: #96199 ID: 200506-15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== PeerCast suffers from a format string vulnerability that could allow arbitrary code execution. Background ========== PeerCast is a media streaming system based on P2P technology. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-sound/peercast < 0.1212 >= 0.1212 Description =========== James Bercegay of the GulfTech Security Research Team discovered that PeerCast insecurely implements formatted printing when receiving a request with a malformed URL. Impact ====== A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a request with a specially crafted URL to a PeerCast server to execute arbitrary code. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All PeerCast users should upgrade to the latest available version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/peercast-0.1212" References ========== [ 1 ] GulfTech Advisory http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00077-05282005 [ 2 ] PeerCast Announcement http://www.peercast.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=11596 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-15.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 () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2005 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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