Peercast procConnectArgs function buffer overflow
| peercast-url-bo (25113) |  High Risk |
Description:
Peercast is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking of the user supplied input by the procConnectArgs function in servmgr.cpp. By sending a specially-crafted HTTP GET request with an overly long parameter, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 5.8 |
| Exploitability: | Functional |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Peercast (0.1217 or later), available from the Peercast Web site. See References.
For Gentoo Linux:
Refer to Gentoo Linux Security Announcement GLSA 2006-03-17 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- Bugtraq Mailing List, Thu Mar 09 2006 - 05:36:43 CST : INFIGO-2006-03-01: PeerCast streaming server remote buffer overflow.
- Peercast Web site: Peercast P2P Radio.
- BID-17040: Peercast.org PeerCast Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-1148: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the procConnectArgs function in servmgr.cpp in PeerCast before 0.1217 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP GET request with a long (1) parameter name or (2) value in a URL, which triggers the overflow in the nextCGIarg function in servhs.cpp.
- GLSA-200603-17: PeerCast: Buffer overflow
- OSVDB ID: 23777: PeerCast procConnectArgs() Function URL Handling Remote Overflow
- SA19169: PeerCast URL Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0900: PeerCast procConnectArgs and nextCGIarg Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Gentoo Linux
- peercast.org PeerCast 0.1215 and prior
Reported:
Mar 09, 2006
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