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From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200609-01 ] Streamripper: Multiple remote buffer overflows
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:18:58
Message-Id: 200609061652.30770.jaervosz@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Streamripper: Multiple remote buffer overflows
9 Date: September 06, 2006
10 Bugs: #144861
11 ID: 200609-01
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15 Synopsis
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18 Streamripper is vulnerable to multiple remote buffer overflows, leading
19 to the execution of arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 Streamripper extracts and records individual MP3 file tracks from
25 SHOUTcast streams.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 media-sound/streamripper < 1.61.26 >= 1.61.26
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35 Description
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38 Ulf Harnhammar, from the Debian Security Audit Project, has found that
39 Streamripper is vulnerable to multiple stack based buffer overflows
40 caused by improper bounds checking when processing malformed HTTP
41 headers.
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43 Impact
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46 By enticing a user to connect to a malicious server, an attacker could
47 execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running
48 Streamripper
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50 Workaround
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53 There is no known workaround at this time.
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55 Resolution
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58 All Streamripper users should upgrade to the latest version:
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60 # emerge --sync
61 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/streamripper-1.61.26"
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63 References
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66 [ 1 ] CVE-2006-3124
67 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3124
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69 Availability
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72 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
73 the Gentoo Security Website:
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75 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-01.xml
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77 Concerns?
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80 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
81 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
82 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
83 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
84 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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86 License
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89 Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
90 belongs to its owner(s).
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92 The contents of this document are licensed under the
93 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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95 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5