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>> GNOME PeerCast "getAuthUserPass" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Title : GNOME PeerCast "getAuthUserPass" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1410
CVE ID : CVE-2008-2040
Rated as : Critical

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-05-02

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A vulnerability has been identified in GNOME PeerCast, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise an affected system. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1409

Affected Products

GNOME PeerCast version 0.5.2 and prior

Solution

VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1410
http://bugs.debian.org/478573

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Nico Golde.

ChangeLog

2008-05-02 : Initial release

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