GLSA 200609-01: Streamripper: Multiple remote buffer overflows

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Streamripper: Multiple remote buffer overflows
Date:	09/06/2006
Bugs:	#144861
ID:	200609-01

Synopsis

Streamripper is vulnerable to multiple remote buffer overflows, leading to the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Streamripper extracts and records individual MP3 file tracks from SHOUTcast streams.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-sound/streamripper	< 1.61.26	>= 1.61.26	All supported architectures

Description

Ulf Harnhammar, from the Debian Security Audit Project, has found that Streamripper is vulnerable to multiple stack based buffer overflows caused by improper bounds checking when processing malformed HTTP headers.

Impact

By enticing a user to connect to a malicious server, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Streamripper

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Streamripper users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/streamripper-1.61.26"

References

CVE-2006-3124

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-01.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 https://bugs.gentoo.org.