Info

Last Modified

about 1 year ago

Percent Complete

100%

Disclosure

Feb 23, 2004

Discovery

Dec 08, 2003

Dates

Exploit

Feb 23, 2004

Solution

Unknown

Description

A remote overflow exists in Darwin Streaming Server. The server fails to validate DESCRIBE requests in specially crafted User-Agent fields resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can cause a denial of service resulting in a loss of availability.

Classification

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

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.0 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Apple Computer, Inc.

Darwin Streaming Server

4.1.3

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 10956
ISS X-Force ID: 15291
CVE ID: 2004-0169 (see also: NVD)
CERT VU: 460350
Related OSVDB ID: 6837
Bugtraq ID: 9735
Generic Exploit URL: http://packetstormsecurity.nl/0402-advisories/02.23.04.txt
Other Advisory URL: http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=75&type=vulnerabilities

Tools & Filters

	12522
Snort	2442
	2763

Credit

iDEFENSE - idlabs-advisoriesidefense.com - iDEFENSE

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