GLSA-202407-28 : Freenet: Deanonymization Vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 203716

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202407-28 (Freenet: Deanonymization Vulnerability)

This release fixes a severe vulnerability in path folding that allowed to distinguish between downloaders and forwarders with an adapted node that is directly connected via opennet.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

All Freenet users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=net-p2p/freenet-0.7.5_p1497

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 203716

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202407-28.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 7/24/2024

Updated: 7/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:freenet

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2024

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