Peercast URL Format String Exploit Code Execution - Ver2 (CVE-2005-1806)

A code execution vulnerability has been reported in Peercast. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200506-15 (peercast)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200506-15. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

CVE-2005-1806

Peercast is affected by a format-string vulnerability (CVE-2005-1806) in versions 0.1211 and earlier. The flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or crash the server by sending specially crafted URLs, with the attacker’s privileges typically equal to the user running Peercast. Publ...