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LimeWire Gnutella Disclosure of Sensitive Information
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA14555
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Release Date:
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2005-03-15
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Last Update:
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2005-03-21
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Popularity:
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14,592 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of sensitive information
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | LimeWire 4.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-0788
CVE-2005-0789
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Description:
Kevin Walsh has reported two vulnerabilities in LimeWire, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.
1) An input validation error in the HTTP handling can be exploited to disclose the content of arbitrary files via a specially crafted request.
Example:
/gnutella/res/[file_with_absolute_path]
The vulnerability has been reported in versions 4.1.2 through 4.5.6.
2) An input validation error in the handling of "magnet" requests can be exploited to disclose the content of arbitrary files via directory traversal attacks.
Example:
/magnet10/../../[file]
The vulnerability has been reported in versions 3.9.6 through 4.6.0.
Solution:
Update to version 4.8 or later.
http://www.limewire.com/english/content/download.shtml
Provided and/or discovered by:
Kevin Walsh
Changelog:
2005-03-21: Added CVE references.
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