GLSA 200506-15: PeerCast: Format string vulnerability
| Severity: | high |
| Title: | PeerCast: Format string vulnerability |
| Date: | 06/19/2005 |
| Bugs: | |
| 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 | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| media-sound/peercast | < 0.1212 | >= 0.1212 | All supported architectures |
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
Availability
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Concerns?
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License
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