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

Posted on 26 December 2014
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201412-38
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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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@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


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