National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-4829

Overview

Multiple buffer overflows in lib/http.c in Streamripper 1.63.5 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long "Zwitterion v" HTTP header, related to the http_parse_sc_header function; (2) a crafted pls playlist with a long entry, related to the http_get_pls function; or (3) a crafted m3u playlist with a long File entry, related to the http_get_m3u function.

Impact

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External Source: BID

Name: 32356

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32356

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20081119 Secunia Research: Streamripper Multiple Buffer Overflows

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/498486/100/0/threaded

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 49997

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/49997

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-3207

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/3207

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1683

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1683

External Source: SREASON

Name: 4647

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4647

External Source: MISC

Name: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-50/

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-50/

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33061

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33061

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33052

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33052

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32562

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32562