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66 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200405-10">
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<title>Icecast denial of service vulnerability</title>
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<synopsis>
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Icecast is vulnerable to a denial of service attack allowing remote users
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to crash the application.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">icecast</product>
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<announced>May 19, 2004</announced>
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<revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised>
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<bug>50935</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="net-misc/icecast" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">2.0.1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="le">2.0.0</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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Icecast is a program that streams audio data to listeners over the
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Internet.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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There is an out-of-bounds read error in the web interface of Icecast
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when handling Basic Authorization requests. This vulnerability can
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theorically be exploited by sending a specially crafted Authorization
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header to the server.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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By exploiting this vulnerability, it is possible to crash the Icecast
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server remotely, resulting in a denial of service attack.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time. All users are advised to
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upgrade to the latest available version of Icecast.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All users of Icecast should upgrade to the latest stable version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge sync
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# emerge -pv ">=net-misc/icecast-2.0.1"
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# emerge ">=net-misc/icecast-2.0.1"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://www.xiph.org/archives/icecast/7144.html">Icecast 2.0.1 announcement</uri>
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<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-2027">CVE-2004-2027</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="submitter">
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koon
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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