Executive Summary

Summary
Title aMule: Parameter injection
Informations
Name GLSA-200909-06 First vendor Publication 2009-09-09
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2009-09-09
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

An input validation error in aMule enables remote attackers to pass arbitrary parameters to a victim's media player.

Background

aMule is an eMule-like client for the eD2k and Kademlia networks, supporting multiple platforms.

Description

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.

Resolution

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

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2009-1440 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1440

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200909-06.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200909-06.xml

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13778
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13778
Title: DSA-1821-1 amule -- insufficient input sanitising
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. For the stable distribution, this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.1-1+lenny2. The oldstable distribution is not affected by this issue. For the testing distribution this problem will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution, this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.5-1.1. We recommend that you upgrade your amule packages.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1821-1
CVE-2009-1440
Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
Product(s): amule
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8068
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8068
Title: DSA-1821 amule -- insufficient input sanitising
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.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1821
CVE-2009-1440
Version: 3
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 5.0
Product(s): amule
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-09-15 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200909-06 (amule)
File : nvt/glsa_200909_06.nasl
2009-06-30 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1821-1 (amule)
File : nvt/deb_1821_1.nasl
2009-06-30 Name : Ubuntu USN-789-1 (gst-plugins-good0.10)
File : nvt/ubuntu_789_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
54179 aMule mplayer Video Preview Filename Arbitrary Parameter Injection

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-09-10 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200909-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-06-23 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1821.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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