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<glsa id="200909-06">
  <title>aMule: Parameter injection</title>
  <synopsis>
    An input validation error in aMule enables remote attackers to pass
    arbitrary parameters to a victim's media player.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">amule</product>
  <announced>2009-09-09</announced>
  <revised count="01">2009-09-09</revised>
  <bug>268163</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-p2p/amule" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.2.5</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.2.5</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    aMule is an eMule-like client for the eD2k and Kademlia networks,
    supporting multiple platforms.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Sam Hocevar discovered that the aMule preview function does not
    properly sanitize file names.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    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.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All aMule users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-p2p/amule-2.2.5"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1440">CVE-2009-1440</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-07-28T16:58:04Z">
    rbu
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-08-28T08:22:54Z">
    a3li
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-08-31T03:38:32Z">
    a3li
  </metadata>
</glsa>
