Summary
The remote host is missing an update to gnome-peercast announced via advisory DSA 1583-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201583-1
Insight
Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Gnome PeerCast, the Gnome interface to PeerCast, a P2P audio and video streaming server. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
CVE-2007-6454
Luigi Auriemma discovered that PeerCast is vulnerable to a heap overflow in the HTTP server code, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long SOURCE request.
CVE-2008-2040
Nico Golde discovered that PeerCast, a P2P audio and video streaming server, is vulnerable to a buffer overflow in the HTTP Basic Authentication code, allowing a remote attacker to crash PeerCast or execure arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.5.4-1.1etch0.
For the unstable distribution (sid), the first issue has been fixed in 0.5.4-1.2. The second issue will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your gnome-peercast package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2007-6454, CVE-2008-2040 -
CVSS Base Score: 10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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