Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-6454 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Peercast 0.1211/0.1212/0.1215

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
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include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(29770);
  script_version("1.14");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:38");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-6454");
  script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"28120");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : peercast -- buffer overflow vulnerability (31435fbc-ae73-11dc-a5f9-001a4d49522b)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Luigi Auriemma reports that peercast is vulnerable to a buffer
overflow which could lead to a DoS or potentially remote code
execution :

The handshakeHTTP function which handles all the requests received by
the other clients is vulnerable to a heap overflow which allows an
attacker to fill the loginPassword and loginMount buffers located in
the Servent class with how much data he wants."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/peercasthof-adv.txt"
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/31435fbc-ae73-11dc-a5f9-001a4d49522b.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?27266621"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_cwe_id(119);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:peercast");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/12/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/12/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/12/24");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("freebsd_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"peercast<0.1218")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200801-22.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(30139);
  script_version("1.13");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:44");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-6454");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200801-22");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200801-22 : PeerCast: Buffer overflow");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200801-22
(PeerCast: Buffer overflow)

    Luigi Auriemma reported a heap-based buffer overflow within the
    'handshakeHTTP()' function when processing HTTP requests.
  
Impact :

    A remote attacker could send a specially crafted request to the
    vulnerable server, possibly resulting in the remote execution of
    arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the PeerCast
    server, usually 'nobody'.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200801-22"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All PeerCast users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-sound/peercast-0.1218'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_cwe_id(119);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:peercast");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/01/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/02/01");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"media-sound/peercast", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.1218"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.1218"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "PeerCast");
}

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1441. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(29808);
  script_version("1.14");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:20");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-6454");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1441");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1441-1 : peercast - buffer overflow");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Luigi Auriemma discovered that PeerCast, a P2P audio and video
streaming server, is vulnerable to a heap overflow in the HTTP server
code, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and
possibly execute arbitrary code via a long SOURCE request."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=457300"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1441"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the peercast packages.

The old stable distribution (sarge) does not contain peercast.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.1217.toots.20060314-1etch0."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_cwe_id(119);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:peercast");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/12/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/12/31");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"libpeercast0", reference:"0.1217.toots.20060314-1etch0")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"libpeercast0-dev", reference:"0.1217.toots.20060314-1etch0")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"peercast", reference:"0.1217.toots.20060314-1etch0")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"peercast-handlers", reference:"0.1217.toots.20060314-1etch0")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"peercast-servent", reference:"0.1217.toots.20060314-1etch0")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1583. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(32405);
  script_version("1.13");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:21");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-6454", "CVE-2008-2040");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1583");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1583-1 : gnome-peercast - buffer overflow");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNOME PeerCast,
the GNOME interface to PeerCast, a P2P audio and video streaming
server. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies
the following problems :

  - CVE-2007-6454
    Luigi Auriemma discovered that PeerCast is vulnerable to
    a heap overflow in the HTTP server code, which allows
    remote attackers to cause a denial of service and
    possibly execute arbitrary code via a long SOURCE
    request.

  - CVE-2008-2040
    Nico Golde discovered that PeerCast, a P2P audio and
    video streaming server, is vulnerable to a buffer
    overflow in the HTTP Basic Authentication code, allowing
    a remote attacker to crash PeerCast or execute arbitrary
    code."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=466539"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6454"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2040"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1583"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the gnome-peercast package.

For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.5.4-1.1etch0.

gnome-peercast has been removed from the unstable distribution (sid)."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_cwe_id(119);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gnome-peercast");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/05/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/05/22");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"gnome-peercast", reference:"0.5.4-1.1etch0")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#


include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(29726);
  script_version("1.14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-6454");
  script_bugtraq_id(26899);

  script_name(english:"PeerCast servhs.cpp handshakeHTTP Function SOURCE Request Remote Overflow");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for overflow in PeerCast web server");
 
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of PeerCast installed on the remote host fails to check
the length of user-supplied data in its 'handshakeHTTP' function in
'servhs.cpp' before copying it to the 'loginPassword' and 'loginMount'
heap-based buffers.  An unauthenticated attacker can leverage this
issue to crash the affected application or execute arbitrary code on
the remote host, subject to the privileges under which PeerCast
operates." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485199/30/0/threaded" );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to PeerCast version 0.1218 or later." );
 script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
 script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
 script_cwe_id(119);


 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2007/12/18");
 script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:peercast:peercast");
script_end_attributes();


  script_category(ACT_MIXED_ATTACK);
  script_family(english:"Peer-To-Peer File Sharing");
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_dependencies("peercast_installed.nasl");
  script_require_keys("PeerCast/installed");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 7144, 7145);

  exit(0);
}


if (!get_kb_item("PeerCast/installed")) exit(0);

include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("http.inc");


list = get_kb_list("PeerCast/*/version");
if (isnull(list)) exit(0);

foreach key (keys(list))
{
  port = key - "PeerCast/" - "/version";
  ver = list[key];

  if (get_port_state(port))
  {
    # If safe checks are enabled...
    if (safe_checks())
    {
      # Check the version.
      vuln = FALSE;

      if (ver =~ "^[0-9]\.[0-9]+$")
      {
        iver = split(ver, sep:'.', keep:FALSE);
        for (i=0; i<max_index(iver); i++)
          iver[i] = int(iver[i]);

        if (iver[0] == 0 && iver[1] < 1218) vuln = TRUE;
      }
      else if (report_paranoia > 1) vuln = TRUE;

      if (vuln)
      {
       report = string(
          "According to its Server response header, the version of PeerCast on the\n",
          "remote host is :\n",
          "\n",
          "  ", ver, "\n"
        );
        security_hole(port:port, extra:report);
        break;
      }
    }
    # Otherwise...
    else
    {
      # Make sure the server's up.
      if (http_is_dead(port:port)) exit(1);

      # Try to crash it.
      req = string("SOURCE ", crap(data:"A", length:165), "\r\n\r\n");
      r = http_send_recv_buf(port:port, data: req);

      # There's a problem if the server's down.
      if (http_is_dead(port:port))
      {
        security_hole(port);
        exit(0);
      }
    }
  }
}