Icecast < 2.4.4 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
🗓️ 06 Nov 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 42 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2018-18820 | 5 Nov 201819:00 | – | alpinelinux | |
| CVE-2018-18820 | 3 Feb 202504:00 | – | circl | |
| CVE-2018-18820 | 5 Nov 201819:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2018-18820 | 5 Nov 201819:00 | – | cvelist | |
| [SECURITY] [DLA-1588-1] icecast2 security update | 26 Nov 201813:54 | – | debian | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 4333-1] icecast2 security update | 4 Nov 201821:34 | – | debian | |
| CVE-2018-18820 | 5 Nov 201819:00 | – | debiancve | |
| Debian DLA-1588-1 : icecast2 security update | 27 Nov 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-4333-1 : icecast2 - security update | 5 Nov 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 29 : icecast (2018-b881073c43) | 3 Jan 201900:00 | – | nessus |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:icecast:icecast";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.141647");
script_version("2025-09-05T15:40:40+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-05 15:40:40 +0000 (Fri, 05 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-11-06 08:48:35 +0700 (Tue, 06 Nov 2018)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-01-23 18:28:00 +0000 (Wed, 23 Jan 2019)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-18820");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Icecast < 2.4.4 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_icecast_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("icecast/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"A buffer overflow was discovered in the URL-authentication
backend of the Icecast. If the backend is enabled, then any malicious HTTP client can send a
request for that specific resource including a crafted header, leading to denial of service (DoS)
and potentially remote code execution (RCE).");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Icecast versions prior to 2.4.4.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.4.4 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/11/01/3");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/icecast-server/issues/2342");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
exit(0);
if (!version = get_app_version(cpe: CPE, port: port))
exit(0);
if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "2.4.4")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "2.4.4");
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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