Package: streamripper Version: 1.63.5-1 Severity: grave Tags: security patch
Hi, The following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was published for streamripper. CVE-2008-4829/SA32562[1]: > Secunia Research has discovered some vulnerabilities in Streamripper, which > can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. > > 1) A boundary error exists within the function "http_parse_sc_header()" in > lib/http.c when parsing an overly long HTTP header starting with > "Zwitterion v". > > 2) A boundary error exists within the function "http_get_pls()" in > lib/http.c when parsing a specially crafted pls playlist containing an > overly long entry. > > 3) A boundary error exists within the function "http_get_m3u()" in > lib/http.c when parsing a specially crafted m3u playlist containing an > overly long "File" entry. > > Successful exploitation allows the execution of arbitrary code, but > requires that a user is tricked into connecting to a malicious server. > > The vulnerabilities are confirmed in version 1.63.5. Other versions may > also be affected. The patch by upstream to fix the vulnerabilities can be found at [2]. It would be great if you could verify whether the version in etch is also affected. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE id in the changelog entry. [1] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4829 http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2008-4829 http://secunia.com/Advisories/32562/ [2]http://streamripper.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/streamripper/sripper_1x/lib/http.c?view=patch&r1=1.50&r2=1.51&pathrev=sripper-1_64_0 Cheers, -- Raphael Geissert - Debian Maintainer www.debian.org - get.debian.net
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