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CVE-2008-2040

CVE-2008-2040

EPSS 14.9%
Stack-based buffer overflow in the HTTP::getAuthUserPass function (core/common/http.cpp) in Peercast 0.1218 and gnome-peercast allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Basic Authentication string with a long (1) username or (2) password.
Affected products
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public PoCs found — 1
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References
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478573http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478680http://secunia.com/advisories/29962http://secunia.com/advisories/30020http://secunia.com/advisories/30320http://secunia.com/advisories/30325http://secunia.com/advisories/31182http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-11.xmlhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42092http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1582http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1583http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28986