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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200506-15 (peercast)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Gentoo Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200506-15.
Insight
Insight
PeerCast suffers from a format string vulnerability that could allow arbitrary code execution.
Solution
Solution
All PeerCast users should upgrade to the latest available version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-sound/peercast-0.1212' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200506-15 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96199 http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00077-05282005 http://www.peercast.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=11596