CVE-2007-5824 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

webserver.c in mt-dappd in Firefly Media Server 0.2.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and daemon crash) via a stats method action to /xml-rpc with (1) an empty Authorization header line, which triggers a crash in the ws_decodepassword function; or (2) a header line without a ':' character, which triggers a crash in the ws_getheaders function.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.10357.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Firefly	Media Server

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:firefly:media_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1597-1	New mt-daapd packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA	DSA-1597-2	New mt-daapd package fix regression

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200110
http://secunia.com/advisories/28269
http://secunia.com/advisories/30661
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=98211&release_id=548679
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1597
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-18.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483210/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483211/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483215/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26309
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38241
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38242
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4600

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-11-05T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:47:00.548Z

Reserved: 2007-11-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-5824

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-11-05T19:46:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-5824

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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