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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64309
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1821-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'amule' package(s) announced via the DSA-1821-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'amule' package(s) announced via the DSA-1821-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
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.

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

For the testing distribution (squeeze) this problem will be fixed soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.5-1.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your amule packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'amule' package(s) on Debian 5.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-1440
BugTraq ID: 34683
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34683
Debian Security Information: DSA-1821 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1821
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=525078
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/22/1
http://secunia.com/advisories/34839
XForce ISS Database: amule-downloadlistctrl-command-execution(50205)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50205
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG

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