GLSA 200503-37: LimeWire: Disclosure of sensitive information

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Severity:	low
Title:	LimeWire: Disclosure of sensitive information
Date:	03/31/2005
Bugs:	#85380
ID:	200503-37

Synopsis

Two vulnerabilities in LimeWire can be exploited to disclose sensitive information.

Background

LimeWire is a Java peer-to-peer client compatible with the Gnutella file-sharing protocol.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-p2p/limewire	< 4.8.1	>= 4.8.1	All supported architectures

Description

Two input validation errors were found in the handling of Gnutella GET requests (CAN-2005-0788) and magnet requests (CAN-2005-0789).

Impact

A remote attacker can craft a specific Gnutella GET request or use directory traversal on magnet requests to read arbitrary files on the system with the rights of the user running LimeWire.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All LimeWire users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-p2p/limewire-4.8.1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-37.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.