NULL pointer dereference in Icecast - CVE-2015-3026
Published: April 29, 2015 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32422
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Icecast.org
Affected software:
Icecast
Icecast
Detailed vulnerability 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>
How to mitigate CVE-2015-3026
Update to version 2.4.2.
Sources
- 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