Vulnerability CVE-2008-2040
Published: 2008-04-30   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Stack-based buffer overflow in the HTTP::getAuthUserPass function (core/common/http.cpp) in Peercast 0.1218 and gnome-peercast allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Basic Authentication string with a long (1) username or (2) password.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Peercast -> Peercast 

 References:
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1410/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1409/references
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-11.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/31182
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478680
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478573
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42092
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28986
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1583
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1582
http://secunia.com/advisories/30325
http://secunia.com/advisories/30320
http://secunia.com/advisories/30020
http://secunia.com/advisories/29962
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