Advisories » MGASA-2018-0472

Updated icecast packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 28 Nov 2018
Modification date: 28 Nov 2018
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases : 6
CVE: CVE-2018-18820

Description

Buffer overflows in URL auth code if there is a "mount" definition that
enables URL authentication. A malicious client could send long HTTP
headers, leading to a buffer overflow and potential remote code
execution (CVE-2018-18820).
                

References

• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23798
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/11/01/3
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18820

SRPMS

6/core

• icecast-2.4.4-1.mga6