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HistoryDec 26, 2014 - 12:00 a.m.

Icecast: Multiple Vulnerabilities

2014-12-2600:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
14

5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

0.02 Low

EPSS

Percentile

88.9%

Background

Icecast is an open source alternative to SHOUTcast that supports MP3, OGG (Vorbis/Theora) and AAC streaming.

Description

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in Icecast:

  • Icecast does not properly handle shared file descriptors (CVE-2014-9018)
  • Supplementary group privileges are not changed (CVE-2014-9091)

Impact

A local attacker can possibly gain escalated privileges or obtain sensitive information.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Icecast users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/icecast-2.4.1"
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyallnet-misc/icecast< 2.4.1UNKNOWN

5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

0.02 Low

EPSS

Percentile

88.9%