Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61056
Category:	FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:	FreeBSD Ports: peercast
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update to the system; as announced in the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The following package is affected: peercast CVE-2008-2040 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. Solution: Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-2040 BugTraq ID: 28986 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28986 Debian Security Information: DSA-1582 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1582 Debian Security Information: DSA-1583 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1583 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-11.xml http://secunia.com/advisories/29962 http://secunia.com/advisories/30020 http://secunia.com/advisories/30320 http://secunia.com/advisories/30325 http://secunia.com/advisories/31182 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1409/references http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1410/references XForce ISS Database: peercast-httpgetauthuserpass-bo(42092) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42092
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.

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