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MUTE P2P File Sharing Host Selection Weakness
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA18980
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Release Date:
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2006-02-23
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Popularity:
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10,177 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | MUTE 0.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
Gary Whetstone has reported a weakness in MUTE, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
A design weakness in the MUTE client causes it to select hosts to connect to based on 10 random hosts that are retrieved from a single mWebCache. This can potentially be exploited to cause MUTE to connect to malicious hosts if the mWebCache has been populated with addresses of malicious hosts.
Successful exploitation discloses the identity of the MUTE client.
The weakness has been reported in 0.4.1. Other versions may also be affected.
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