Input validation error in Icecast - CVE-2011-4612

 

Input validation error in Icecast - CVE-2011-4612

Published: November 20, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU43323
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4612
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

icecast before 2.3.3 allows remote attackers to inject control characters such as newlines into the error loc (error.log) via a crafted URL.


Affected software

Icecast
Fedora
icecast

How to mitigate CVE-2011-4612

Install update from vendor's website.

icecast - addressed in versions 2.3.3-1.el5, 2.3.3-1.el6

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