Firefly Media Server Integer Overflow in ws_getpostvars() Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1019908
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1019908
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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-1771
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Apr 21 2008
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Impact: Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Exploit Included: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 0.2.4.2
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Firefly Media Server. A remote user can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
A remote user can send an HTTP POST request with a specially crafted Content-Length value to trigger an integer overflow in ws_getpostvars()
and execute arbitrary code on the target system. The code will run with the privileges of the target service.
Nico Golde reported
this vulnerability.
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Impact: A remote user can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a fixed version (0.2.4.2).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=593465&group_id=98211
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Vendor URL: www.fireflymediaserver.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Boundary error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:38:01 -0400
Subject: Firefly Media Server
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http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=593465&group_id=98211
> Patch for CVE-2008-1771 courtesy of Nico Golde and Debian security team
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