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Gentoo: 202304-21 Critical: MLDonkey Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey March 23, 2009
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A security flaw in MLDonkey's remote access features poses a risk of unauthorized file exposure. Implement updates as recommended in the advisory to reduce these vulnerabilities.
A vulnerability in the MLDonkey web interface allows remote attackers to disclose arbitrary files.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200903-36 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: MLDonkey: Information disclosure Date: March 23, 2009 Bugs: #260072 ID: 200903-36

Synopsis ======= A vulnerability in the MLDonkey web interface allows remote attackersto 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-p2p/mldonkey < 3.0.0 >= 3.0.0
========== Michael Peselnik reported that src/utils/lib/url.ml in the web interface of MLDonkey does not handle file names with leading double sl...

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