<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201508-03"> <title>Icecast: Denial of service</title> <synopsis>A bug in the Icecast code handling source client URL authentication causes a Denial of Service condition. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">icecast</product> <announced>2015-08-15</announced> <revised count="1">2015-08-15</revised> <bug>545968</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="net-misc/icecast" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2.4.2</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">2.4.2</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>Icecast is an open source alternative to shoutcast that supports mp3, ogg (vorbis/theora) and aac streaming. </p> </background> <description> <p>When stream_auth handler is defined for URL authentication and a request is sent without login credentials, a Denial of Service condition can occur. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.</p> </impact> <workaround> <p>Users of affected versions can change stream_auth mountpoints to use password authentication instead. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All icecast users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-misc/icecast-2.4.2" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-3026">CVE-2015-3026</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2015-05-11T16:10:32Z">K_F</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2015-08-15T13:08:56Z">mrueg</metadata> </glsa>