Streamripper Multiple Buffer Overflows

Advisory Content :

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Secunia Research 19/11/2008

- Streamripper Multiple Buffer Overflows -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10

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1) Affected Software

* Streamripper 1.63.5.

NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity

Rating: Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: Remote

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3) Vendor's Description of Software

"Records Shoutcast and Live365 MP3 streams to a hard disk, creating
separate files for each track. Runs under Unix and Windows."

Product Link:
http://streamripper.sourceforge.net/

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4) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered some vulnerabilities in Streamripper,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.

1) A boundary error exists within http_parse_sc_header() in lib/http.c
when parsing an overly long HTTP header starting with "Zwitterion v".

2) A boundary error exists within http_get_pls() in lib/http.c when
parsing a specially crafted pls playlist containing an overly long
entry.

3) A boundary error exists within http_get_m3u() in lib/http.c when
parsing a specially crafted m3u playlist containing an overly long
"File" entry.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code, but
requires that a user is tricked into connecting to a malicious server.

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5) Solution

Patches should be available shortly.

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6) Time Table

05/11/2008 - Vendor notified.
10/11/2008 - Vendor response.
14/11/2008 - Vendor informs that fixes are ready and will be uploaded
to CVS on the agreed disclosure date.
19/11/2008 - Public disclosure.

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7) Credits

Discovered by Stefan Cornelius, Secunia Research.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2008-4829 for the vulnerabilities.

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10) Verification

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-50/

Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
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