Kaffeine Player 0.4.2/0.4.3/0.4.3b/0.5 Rc1/0.7.1 fetch playlistimport.cpp http_peek memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Kaffeine Player 0.4.2/0.4.3/0.4.3b/0.5 Rc1/0.7.1. Affected is the function http_peek of the file playlistimport.cpp of the component fetch. 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:

Buffer overflow in playlistimport.cpp in Kaffeine Player 0.4.2 through 0.7.1 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via long HTTP request headers when Kaffeine is "fetching remote playlists", which triggers the overflow in the http_peek function.

The bug was discovered 04/04/2006. The weakness was released 04/05/2006 by Marcus Meissner (Website). The advisory is shared for download at kde.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-0051 since 12/28/2005. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21200 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kaffeine (MDKSA-2006:065)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25631) and Tenable (21200).

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 21200
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kaffeine (MDKSA-2006:065)
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OpenVAS ID: 56538
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1023-1 (kaffeine)
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kde.org
Researcher: Marcus Meissner
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-0051 (🔍)
X-Force: 25631
SecurityTracker: 1015863
Vulnerability Center: 10964 - Kaffeine Buffer Overflow via http_peek() Function, Medium
SecurityFocus: 17372 - Kaffeine Remote HTTP_Peek Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 19525 - Kaffeine Player "http_peek()" Function Buffer Overflow, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 24377 - Kaffeine - Remote HTTP_Peek Buffer Overflow Issue
Vupen: ADV-2006-1229

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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 06/16/2019 12:03
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (74), 06/16/2019 12:03 (14)
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