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TITLE:
MLDonkey Arbitrary File Disclosure Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34008

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34008/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in MLDonkey, which can be exploited
by malicious people to disclose sensitive information

The vulnerability is caused due to the "src/utils/lib/url.ml" script
not properly handling file requests starting with double forward
slashes. This can be exploited to access files residing outside the
web root by requesting files with a preceding double forward slash
sequence (e.g. "http://host:4080//etc/passwd").

This vulnerability is reported in version 2.9.7 and prior.

SOLUTION:
The vendor has issued a temporary patch:
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=17518

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Michael Peselnik

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MLDonkey:
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?25667

Michael Peselnik:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/8097

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