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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2007-5824 EUVD-2007-5794GHSA-33cc-8pcc-ph75

webserver.c in mt-dappd in Firefly Media Server 0.2.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference an…

Published Nov 5, 2007 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

webserver.c in mt-dappd in Firefly Media Server 0.2.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and daemon crash) via a stats method action to /xml-rpc with (1) an empty Authorization header line, which triggers a crash in the ws_decodepassword function; or (2) a header line without a ':' character, which triggers a crash in the ws_getheaders function.

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 4.0 mt-daapd 0.2.4+r1376-1.1+etch1 DSA-1597-1

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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Advisories 1

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