Debian update for gnome-peercast
Secunia Advisory: SA30325
Release Date: 2008-05-21
Popularity: 1,495 views

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

OS:Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-6454
CVE-2008-2040


Description:
Debian has issued an update for gnome-peercast. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA30020

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

-- Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch --

Source archives:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...ast/gnome-peercast_0.5.4-1.1etch0.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 956 e2d40d2cd79ac54cefb00a6fa9b747d2
http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...gnome-peercast_0.5.4-1.1etch0.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 3104 a17daf736115641d4ab3a6c41aa152c3
http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...cast/gnome-peercast_0.5.4.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 800116 e689715d8e70cdb0ce684ccce063a58f

alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...ome-peercast_0.5.4-1.1etch0_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 296926 b1ebff0148fc69634eede7fffc114d51

amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...ome-peercast_0.5.4-1.1etch0_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 257812 33d4c4fd7bed425a4cee0268e44dcc20

hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...nome-peercast_0.5.4-1.1etch0_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 297822 e5795eb9b0d5d08d042825e05c04c0f7

i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...nome-peercast_0.5.4-1.1etch0_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 254172 a6e46c6422c8a76df706375cba85461e

ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...nome-peercast_0.5.4-1.1etch0_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 346408 34f8ffc5f763a013ff5bc87832bdf77a

mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...nome-peercast_0.5.4-1.1etch0_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 285802 62e99808d3a9a015139500c92b595089

mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...me-peercast_0.5.4-1.1etch0_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 284316 f84d8576550138d846b5f3e6790db54f

powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...e-peercast_0.5.4-1.1etch0_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 270324 e83511effbc2f89183145dae92e27ecf

s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...nome-peercast_0.5.4-1.1etch0_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 260410 ac50ca3aa93414140f955f131fa050bc

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

http://security.debian.org/pool/updat...ome-peercast_0.5.4-1.1etch0_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 251018 5ff3b23b8ec68fa47ed19f8abafac669

-- Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid --

One issue has been fixed in version 0.5.4-1.2. Reportedly, the other vulnerability will be fixed soon.

Original Advisory:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00161.html

Other References:
SA30020:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30020/


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