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TITLE:
MLDonkey Network Modules IP Blocking Weakness

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26230

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26230/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
MLdonkey 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/2483/

DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in MLDonkey, which can be exploited by
malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

The weakness is caused due to MLDonkey loading
"$MLDONKEY/web_infos/*" after activating the network modules. This
may allow other peers to connect from blocked IP addresses for a
short time span.

The weakness is reported in versions prior to 2.9.0.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.9.0.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
blupp and spiralvoice

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=527976
http://mldonkey.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=26264#26264

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