PT-2007-6952 · Live555 · Live555 Media Server

Published 2007-11-20 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2007-6036

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LIVE555 Media Server versions 2007.11.01 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a daemon crash. This is achieved by sending a short RTSP query, which causes a negative number to be used during memory allocation in the parseRTSPRequestString function.

Recommendations For LIVE555 Media Server versions 2007.11.01 and earlier, consider updating to a newer version to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the parseRTSPRequestString function to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-6036

Affected Products

Live555 Media Server

References · 11

• 🔥 http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/live555x-adv.txt · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/30776 · Exploit
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-22.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27711 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6036 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38542 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/483910/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://live555.com/liveMedia/public/changelog.txt · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3939 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29356 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/26488 · Note