CVE-2008-2040

Stack-based buffer overflow in the HTTP::getAuthUserPass function (core/common/http.cpp) in Peercast 0.1218 and gnome-peercast allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Basic Authentication string with a long (1) username or (2) password.

Date published : 2008-04-30

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28986

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478573