PT-2018-14671 · Xiph.Org Foundation+2 · Icecast+2

Nick Rolfe · Published 2018-11-04 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-18820

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.1

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Icecast versions prior to 2.4.4

Description A buffer overflow was discovered in the URL-authentication backend. If the backend is enabled, any malicious HTTP client can send a request for a specific resource including a crafted header, leading to denial of service and potentially remote code execution.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.4.4, update to version 2.4.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the URL-authentication backend until a patch is available.

Fix

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2595

CVE-2018-18820

DLA-1588-1

DSA-4333-1

MGASA-2018-0472

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_3754-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10584-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Icecast

Suse

References · 35

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10584-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4333 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/11/01/3 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DLA-1588-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18820 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0472.html · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18820 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-4333-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/icecast2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-09 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18820 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4333-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2018-2595 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-18820 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1588-1 · Vendor Advisory