6075 : Icecast HTTP Basic Authorization Remote Overflow DoS
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
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Timeline

Discovery Date	Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2004-05-09	2004-05-09	2004-05-09

Description

Icecast contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when a specially crafted, overly long string is passed in an Authorization header, and will result in loss of availability for the service.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity, Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.0.1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Icecast

2.0.0

References

Security Tracker: 1010101
Bugtraq ID: 10311
Secunia Advisory ID: 11578 11671
ISS X-Force ID: 16103
CVE ID: 2004-2027 (see also: NVD)
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-05/0378.html
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200405-10.xml
Vendor URL: http://www.icecast.org/
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.xiph.org/archives/icecast/7144.html [ Link is 404 ]

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Credit

Ned - ndfelinemenace.org -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-05-25 | Disagree?

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