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TITLE:
PeerCast URL Format String Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15536

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CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

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

DESCRIPTION:
James Bercegay has reported a vulnerability in PeerCast, which
potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error in the
processing of HTTP requests. This may be exploited to execute
arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted request for a malformed
URL to port 7144.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 0.1211 and prior.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.1212.
http://www.peercast.org/download.php

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
James Bercegay, GulfTech Security Research Team

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00077-05282005

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