GLSA 200709-03: Streamripper: Buffer overflow

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Streamripper: Buffer overflow
Date:	09/13/2007
Bugs:	#188698
ID:	200709-03

Synopsis

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Streamripper, allowing for user-assisted execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Streamripper is a tool for extracting and recording mp3 files from a Shoutcast stream.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-sound/streamripper	< 1.62.2	>= 1.62.2	All supported architectures

Description

Chris Rohlf discovered several boundary errors in the httplib_parse_sc_header() function when processing HTTP headers.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to connect to a malicious streaming server, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges 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-1.62.2"

References

CVE-2007-4337

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-03.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.