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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2005-0838 EUVD-2005-0839GHSA-857r-3f6j-392f

Multiple buffer overflows in the XSL parser for IceCast 2.20 may allow attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrar…

Published Mar 22, 2005 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Package: icecast2 Ecosystem: Debian

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the XSL parser for IceCast 2.20 may allow attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) a long test value in an xsl:when tag, (2) a long test value in an xsl:if tag, or (3) a long select value in an xsl:value-of tag.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 13 icecast2 No fix yet —
Debian 12 icecast2 No fix yet —

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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