CVE-2007-6454

Public Exploit

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the handshakeHTTP function in servhs.cpp in PeerCast 0.1217 and earlier, and SVN 344 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long SOURCE request.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 25.04% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-22.xml vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26899 exploit vdb entry patch
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202747
http://secunia.com/advisories/28719 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39075 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1583 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28120 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30325 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485199/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/28260 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1441 vendor advisory
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/peercasthof-adv.txt exploit
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=457300
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4246 vdb entry
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3461 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-6454?
CVE-2007-6454 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-6454?
To fix CVE-2007-6454, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-6454 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-6454 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~25% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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