cve/2008/CVE-2008-2040.md

CVE-2008-2040

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

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