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TITLE:
PeerCast "handshakeHTTP()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28120

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28120/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
PeerCast 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/5170/

DESCRIPTION:
Luigi Auriemma has reported a vulnerability in PeerCast, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or
potentially to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the
"handshakeHTTP()" function. This can be exploited to cause a
heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted "SOURCE" HTTP
request.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 0.1217.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.1218.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Luigi Auriemma

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/peercasthof-adv.txt

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