CVE-2008-2040 - CVE Reference - Advisories

CVE Reference: CVE-2008-2040

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Description: 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.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42092 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA29962 Secunia Advisory: SA30020 Secunia Advisory: SA30320 Secunia Advisory: SA30325 DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1583 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1582 CONFIRM http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478680 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478573 BID 28986

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