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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200503-37 |
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Severity: Low |
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Title: LimeWire: Disclosure of sensitive information |
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Date: March 31, 2005 |
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Bugs: #85380 |
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ID: 200503-37 |
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Synopsis |
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Two vulnerabilities in LimeWire can be exploited to disclose sensitive |
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information. |
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Background |
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LimeWire is a Java peer-to-peer client compatible with the Gnutella |
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file-sharing protocol. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 net-p2p/limewire < 4.8.1 >= 4.8.1 |
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Description |
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Two input validation errors were found in the handling of Gnutella GET |
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requests (CAN-2005-0788) and magnet requests (CAN-2005-0789). |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker can craft a specific Gnutella GET request or use |
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directory traversal on magnet requests to read arbitrary files on the |
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system with the rights of the user running LimeWire. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All LimeWire users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-p2p/limewire-4.8.1" |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CAN-2005-0788 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0788 |
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[ 2 ] CAN-2005-0789 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0789 |
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[ 3 ] Secunia Advisory SA14555 |
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http://secunia.com/advisories/14555/ |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-37.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 |