GLSA 200903-36: MLDonkey: Information disclosure

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Severity:	normal
Title:	MLDonkey: Information disclosure
Date:	03/23/2009
Bugs:	#260072
ID:	200903-36

Synopsis

A vulnerability in the MLDonkey web interface allows remote attackers to disclose arbitrary files.

Background

MLDonkey is a multi-network P2P application written in Ocaml, coming with its own Gtk GUI, web and telnet interface.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-p2p/mldonkey	< 3.0.0	>= 3.0.0	All supported architectures

Description

Michael Peselnik reported that src/utils/lib/url.ml in the web interface of MLDonkey does not handle file names with leading double slashes properly.

Impact

A remote attacker could gain access to arbitrary files readable by the user running the application.

Workaround

Disable the web interface or restrict access to it.

Resolution

All MLDonkey users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-p2p/mldonkey-3.0.0"

References

CVE-2009-0753

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-36.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.