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A vulnerability was found in PeerCast 0.1211. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Format string vulnerability in PeerCast 0.1211 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format strings in the URL.
The bug was discovered 05/28/2005. The weakness was presented 05/28/2005 by James Bercegay with Gulftech (Website). The advisory is shared for download at peercast.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-1806 since 06/01/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
After 4 weeks, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at securiteam.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18530 (GLSA-200506-15 : PeerCast: Format string vulnerability), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10011.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (18530) and Exploit-DB (1055).
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 18530
Nessus Name: GLSA-200506-15 : PeerCast: Format string vulnerability
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OpenVAS ID: 54967
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200506-15 (peercast)
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Sources
Advisory: peercast.orgResearcher: James Bercegay
Organization: Gulftech
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-1806 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 8303 - Remote Code Execution in PeerCast <= 0.1211 via Format Strings in URL, High
SecurityFocus: 13808 - Peercast.org PeerCast Remote Format String Vulnerability
Secunia: 15536 - PeerCast URL Format String Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 16906 - PeerCast URL Error Message Format String
Vupen: ADV-2005-0651
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/11/2015 11:41Updated: 06/02/2019 10:56
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (80), 06/02/2019 10:56 (11)
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