NULL pointer dereference in icecast (Alpine package)



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2015-3026
CWE-ID CWE-476
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 icecast (Alpine package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU32422

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3026

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

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>

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

icecast (Alpine package): 2.3.3-r5 - 2.3.3-r6

CPE2.3 External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=39554ea06d8d10fb80ea89d8f7389b92e9fc2d40
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c4bc429979e1dd3aba76cda0dcf3b0575f149fef
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=fc07a55220941f45298f2f02692d3a450ba4f1e3
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=3a14e6657cc04105404e55c95210e7d2d9fbe216


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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