GLSA-200503-37 : LimeWire: Disclosure of sensitive information

medium Nessus Plugin ID 17667

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200503-37 (LimeWire: Disclosure of sensitive information)

Two input validation errors were found in the handling of Gnutella GET requests (CAN-2005-0788) and magnet requests (CAN-2005-0789).
Impact :

A remote attacker can craft a specific Gnutella GET request or use directory traversal on magnet requests to read arbitrary files on the system with the rights of the user running LimeWire.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All LimeWire users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-p2p/limewire-4.8.1'

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 17667

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200503-37.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 4/1/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:limewire, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/31/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0788, CVE-2005-0789

GLSA: 200503-37

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