Kaffeine Remote HTTP_Peek Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:17372

Info

Kaffeine Remote HTTP_Peek Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 17372
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2006-0051
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 04 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 27 2006 03:20AM
Credit: Discovery of this issue is credited to Marcus Meissner.
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.0 4 amd64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.0 OSS
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2006.0
Kaffeine Media Player 0.7.1
Kaffeine Media Player 0.5 rc1
Kaffeine Media Player 0.4.3 b
Kaffeine Media Player 0.4.3
Kaffeine Media Player 0.4.2
Kaffeine Media Player 0.7
Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.1 mips
Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
Debian Linux 3.1 arm
Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
Debian Linux 3.1
Not Vulnerable: Kaffeine Media Player 0.8

Discussion

Kaffeine Remote HTTP_Peek Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Kaffiene is reportedly affected by a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability because the application fails to perform sufficient boundary checks on user-supplied strings before copying them into finite stack-based buffers.

An attacker can leverage this issue remotely to execute arbitrary code on an affected computer with the privileges of an unsuspecting user that executed the vulnerable software.

Exploit / POC

Kaffeine Remote HTTP_Peek Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]

Solution / Fix

Kaffeine Remote HTTP_Peek Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released a security advisory along with an updated version of Kaffeine and patches to address this issue.

Please see the referenced advisories for more information.


Kaffeine Media Player 0.7

Kaffeine Media Player 0.4.2

Kaffeine Media Player 0.4.3 b

Kaffeine Media Player 0.4.3

Kaffeine Media Player 0.5 rc1

Kaffeine Media Player 0.7.1

References

Kaffeine Remote HTTP_Peek Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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