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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200807-11">
<title>PeerCast: Buffer overflow</title>
<synopsis>
A buffer overflow vulnerability in PeerCast may allow for the remote
execution of arbitrary code.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">peercast</product>
<announced>2008-07-21</announced>
<revised>2008-07-21: 01</revised>
<bug>220281</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="media-sound/peercast" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">0.1218-r1</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">0.1218-r1</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
PeerCast is a client and server for P2P-radio networks.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Nico Golde reported a boundary error in the HTTP::getAuthUserPass()
function when processing overly long HTTP Basic authentication
requests.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="high">
<p>
A remote attacker could send a specially crafted HTTP request to the
vulnerable server, possibly resulting in the remote execution of
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All PeerCast users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/peercast-0.1218-r1"</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2040">CVE-2008-2040</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-07-08T00:36:04Z">
rbu
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-07-12T19:41:58Z">
vorlon
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-07-20T15:19:30Z">
p-y
</metadata>
</glsa>
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