Format string vulnerability in the ws_addarg function in webserver.c in mt-dappd in Firefly Media Server 0.2.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a stats method action to /xml-rpc with format string specifiers in the (1) username or (2) password portion of base64-encoded data on the "Authorization: Basic" HTTP header line.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5825
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38243
• 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/1/483209/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483214/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26310