summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'metadata/glsa/glsa-200405-10.xml')
-rw-r--r--metadata/glsa/glsa-200405-10.xml63
1 files changed, 63 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200405-10.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200405-10.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..94f49fc1e46a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200405-10.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200405-10">
+ <title>Icecast denial of service vulnerability</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ Icecast is vulnerable to a denial of service attack allowing remote users
+ to crash the application.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">icecast</product>
+ <announced>2004-05-19</announced>
+ <revised count="02">2006-05-22</revised>
+ <bug>50935</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-misc/icecast" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.0.1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="le">2.0.0</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Icecast is a program that streams audio data to listeners over the
+ Internet.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ There is an out-of-bounds read error in the web interface of Icecast
+ when handling Basic Authorization requests. This vulnerability can
+ theorically be exploited by sending a specially crafted Authorization
+ header to the server.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ By exploiting this vulnerability, it is possible to crash the Icecast
+ server remotely, resulting in a denial of service attack.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time. All users are advised to
+ upgrade to the latest available version of Icecast.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All users of Icecast should upgrade to the latest stable version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge sync
+
+ # emerge -pv "&gt;=net-misc/icecast-2.0.1"
+ # emerge "&gt;=net-misc/icecast-2.0.1"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://www.xiph.org/archives/icecast/7144.html">Icecast 2.0.1 announcement</uri>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-2027">CVE-2004-2027</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="submitter">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>