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CVE-2008-2040

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2008-05-21	peercast -- arbitrary code execution

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CVE-2008-2040 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2008-2040
Phase	Assigned(20080430)

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.

References

Source	Reference
CONFIRM	http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478573
CONFIRM	http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478680
DEBIAN	DSA-1582
DEBIAN	DSA-1583
GENTOO	GLSA-200807-11
BID	28986
VUPEN	ADV-2008-1409
VUPEN	ADV-2008-1410
SECUNIA	29962
SECUNIA	30020
SECUNIA	30320
SECUNIA	30325
SECUNIA	31182
XF	peercast-httpgetauthuserpass-bo(42092)