Kaffeine Player "http_peek()" Function Buffer Overflow - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

Kaffeine Player "http_peek()" Function Buffer Overflow
Secunia Advisory:	SA19525	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2006-04-04
Popularity:	6,834 views

Critical:	Highly critical
Impact:	System access
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	Kaffeine Player 0.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2006-0051

Description: A vulnerability has been reported in Kaffeine Player, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the "http_peek()" function when creating HTTP request headers for retrieving remote playlists. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted remote playlist. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code. The vulnerability affects versions 0.4.2 through 0.7.1. Solution: Update to version 0.8.0 or apply patches. Patch for version 0.4.x: ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/kaffeine-0.4.x-CVE-2006-0051.patch Patch for version 0.5.x: ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/kaffeine-0.5.x-CVE-2006-0051.patch Patch for version 0.7.x: ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/kaffeine-0.7.x-CVE-2006-0051.patch Provided and/or discovered by: The vendor credits Marcus Meissner. Original Advisory: KDE: http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060404-1.txt

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