CVE-2007-5824

N/A Unknown
Published: November 05, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200110
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/28269
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/30661
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=98211&release_id=548679
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1597
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-18.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483210/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483211/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483215/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26309
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38241
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38242
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4600
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200110
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/28269
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/30661
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=98211&release_id=548679
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1597
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-18.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483210/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483211/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483215/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26309
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38241
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38242
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4600
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

26 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
5.6%
92th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Vendors

firefly

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