Info

Disclosure

May 09, 2004

Discovery

May 09, 2004

Dates

Exploit

May 09, 2004

Solution

Unknown

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: 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 ]

Credit

Ned - ndfelinemenace.org -

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/6075