Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200506-15.
Solution
All PeerCast users should upgrade to the latest available version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-sound/peercast-0.1212'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200506-15 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96199
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00077-05282005 http://www.peercast.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=11596
Insight
PeerCast suffers from a format string vulnerability that could allow arbitrary code execution.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-1806 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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