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Debian DSA-1821-1 : amule - insufficient input sanitising

medium Nessus Plugin ID 39483

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Sam Hocevar discovered that amule, a client for the eD2k and Kad networks, does not properly sanitise the filename, when using the preview function. This could lead to the injection of arbitrary commands passed to the video player.

The oldstable distribution (etch) is not affected by this issue.

Solution

Upgrade the amule packages.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.1-1+lenny2.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=525078

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1821

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 39483

File Name: debian_DSA-1821.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/23/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:debian:debian_linux:amule, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1440

DSA: 1821