cve/2008/CVE-2008-2040.md

### [CVE-2008-2040](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2040)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478573
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478680

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.