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GLSA-200909-06 : aMule: Parameter injection

medium Nessus Plugin ID 40914

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200909-06 (aMule: Parameter injection)

 Sam Hocevar discovered that the aMule preview function does not properly sanitize file names.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to download a file with a specially crafted file name to inject arbitrary arguments to the victim's video player.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All aMule users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-p2p/amule-2.2.5'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200909-06

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 40914

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200909-06.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Published: 9/10/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/9/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1440

GLSA: 200909-06