CVE-2007-6454: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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...

PeerCast servhs.cpp handshakeHTTP Function SOURCE Request Remote Overflow

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...