<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200903-36"> <title>MLDonkey: Information disclosure</title> <synopsis> A vulnerability in the MLDonkey web interface allows remote attackers to disclose arbitrary files. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">mldonkey</product> <announced>2009-03-23</announced> <revised count="01">2009-03-23</revised> <bug>260072</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="net-p2p/mldonkey" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">3.0.0</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">3.0.0</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> MLDonkey is a multi-network P2P application written in Ocaml, coming with its own Gtk GUI, web and telnet interface. </p> </background> <description> <p> 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. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> A remote attacker could gain access to arbitrary files readable by the user running the application. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> Disable the web interface or restrict access to it. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All MLDonkey users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-p2p/mldonkey-3.0.0"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-0753">CVE-2009-0753</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-03-22T20:26:47Z"> a3li </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-03-22T20:38:08Z"> a3li </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-03-22T22:00:11Z"> a3li </metadata> </glsa>