SB2015042901 - NULL pointer dereference in Icecast
Published: April 29, 2015 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015042901
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3026)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via a request without login credentials, as demonstrated by a request to "admin/killsource?mount=/test.ogg." <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html">CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference</a>
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/163859.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164061.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164074.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00030.html
- http://lists.xiph.org/pipermail/icecast-dev/2015-April/002460.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3239
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/08/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/08/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73965
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=782120
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201508-03
- https://trac.xiph.org/changeset/27abfbbd688df3e3077b535997330aa06603250f/icecast-server
- https://trac.xiph.org/ticket/2191