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TITLE:
Gentoo update for mt-daapd

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28269

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28269/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From local network

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has acknowledged some vulnerabilities mt-daapd, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or
potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

1) An error within the processing of certain headers in webserver.c
can be exploited to crash an affected daemon by sending specially
crafted authentication headers.

2) A format string error exists within the "ws_dispatcher()" function
in webserver.c. This can be exploited to crash an affected daemon or
potentially execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted
authentication headers containing format specifiers.

SOLUTION:
Update to "media-sound/mt-daapd-0.2.4.1" or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
nnp

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-18.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
http://unprotectedhex.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=26
http://unprotectedhex.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=26

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