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From: Raphael Marichez <falco@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200709-03 ] Streamripper: Buffer overflow
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:34:04
Message-Id: 20070913190601.GH29622@falco.falcal.net
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200709-03
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Streamripper: Buffer overflow
9 Date: September 13, 2007
10 Bugs: #188698
11 ID: 200709-03
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15 Synopsis
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18 A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Streamripper,
19 allowing for user-assisted execution of arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 Streamripper is a tool for extracting and recording mp3 files from a
25 Shoutcast stream.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 media-sound/streamripper < 1.62.2 >= 1.62.2
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35 Description
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38 Chris Rohlf discovered several boundary errors in the
39 httplib_parse_sc_header() function when processing HTTP headers.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could entice a user to connect to a malicious
45 streaming server, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the
46 privileges of the user running Streamripper.
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48 Workaround
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51 There is no known workaround at this time.
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53 Resolution
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56 All Streamripper users should upgrade to the latest version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/streamripper-1.62.2"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] CVE-2007-4337
65 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-4337
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67 Availability
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70 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
71 the Gentoo Security Website:
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73 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200709-03.xml
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75 Concerns?
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78 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
79 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
80 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
81 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
82 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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84 License
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87 Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
88 belongs to its owner(s).
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90 The contents of this document are licensed under the
91 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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93 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5