CVE-2009-0753 (GCVE-0-2009-0753)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-03-03 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 04:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in MLDonkey 2.8.4 through 2.9.7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a leading "//" (double slash) in the filename.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://secunia.com/advisories/34008 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
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| http://secunia.com/advisories/34436 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/23/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
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| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-20090… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33865 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/34345 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1739 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/34306 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
Date Public
2009-02-23 00:00
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