[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201412-38 ] Icecast: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201412-38

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Severity: High

Title: Icecast: Multiple Vulnerabilities

Date: December 26, 2014

Bugs: #529956, #530784

ID: 201412-38

 

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Synopsis

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Two vulnerabilities have been found in Icecast, possibly resulting in

privilege escalation or disclosure of information.

 

Background

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Icecast is an open source alternative to SHOUTcast that supports MP3,

OGG (Vorbis/Theora) and AAC streaming.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 net-misc/icecast < 2.4.1 >= 2.4.1

 

Description

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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

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A local attacker can possibly gain escalated privileges or obtain

sensitive information.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All Icecast users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/icecast-2.4.1"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-9018

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9018

[ 2 ] CVE-2014-9091

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9091

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-38.xml

 

Concerns?

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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the

confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost

importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to

security ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

https://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text

belongs to its owner(s).

 

The contents of this document are licensed under the

Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5