Executive Summary

Summary
Title Icecast: Arbitrary code execution
Informations
Name GLSA-201811-09 First vendor Publication 2018-11-10
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2018-11-10
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A vulnerability in Icecast might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

Icecast is an open source alternative to SHOUTcast that supports MP3, OGG (Vorbis/Theora) and AAC streaming.

Description

Multiple buffer overflows have been discovered in Icecast. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker, by sending a specially crafted request using authentication type "url", could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Icecast users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/icecast-2.4.4"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2018-18820 : https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18820

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-09

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201811-09.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2019-01-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-b881073c43.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2019-01-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-d4349a7ba3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-11-27 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1588.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-11-13 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-f3d995c6a8.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-11-05 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-4333.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2019-01-23 21:21:41
  • Multiple Updates
2018-11-10 05:17:15
  • First insertion