Shoutcast Server: Remote code execution

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200501-04 / Shoutcast-server-bin
Release Date	January 05, 2005
Latest Revision	May 22, 2006: 02
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
media-sound/shoutcast-server-bin	<= 1.9.4-r1	>= 1.9.5	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #75482

Synopsis

Shoutcast Server contains a possible buffer overflow that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

2. Impact Information

Background

Shoutcast Server is Nullsoft's streaming audio server. It runs on a variety of platforms, including Linux, and is extremely popular with Internet broadcasters.

Description

Part of the Shoutcast Server Linux binary has been found to improperly handle sprintf() parsing.

Impact

A malicious attacker could send a formatted URL request to the Shoutcast Server. This formatted URL would cause either the server process to crash, or the execution of arbitrary code.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Shoutcast Server users should upgrade to the latest version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-sound/shoutcast-server-bin-1.9.5"

4. References

Updated January 05, 2005

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