Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1821-1 amule -- insufficient input sanitising

Date Reported:

22 Jun 2009

Affected Packages:

amule

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 525078.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2009-1440.

More information:

Sam Hocevar discovered that amule, a client for the eD2k and Kad networks, does not properly sanitise the filename, when using the preview function. This could lead to the injection of arbitrary commands passed to the video player.

The oldstable distribution (etch) is not affected by this issue.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.1-1+lenny2.

For the testing distribution (squeeze) this problem will be fixed soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.5-1.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your amule packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule_2.2.1.orig.tar.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule_2.2.1-1+lenny2.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule_2.2.1-1+lenny2.dsc
Architecture-independent component:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-common_2.2.1-1+lenny2_all.deb
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-utils_2.2.1-1+lenny2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-utils-gui_2.2.1-1+lenny2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-daemon_2.2.1-1+lenny2_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule_2.2.1-1+lenny2_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-utils-gui_2.2.1-1+lenny2_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-utils_2.2.1-1+lenny2_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-daemon_2.2.1-1+lenny2_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule_2.2.1-1+lenny2_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-utils_2.2.1-1+lenny2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule_2.2.1-1+lenny2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-daemon_2.2.1-1+lenny2_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-utils-gui_2.2.1-1+lenny2_arm.deb
ARM EABI:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-utils_2.2.1-1+lenny2_armel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-daemon_2.2.1-1+lenny2_armel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-utils-gui_2.2.1-1+lenny2_armel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule_2.2.1-1+lenny2_armel.deb
HP Precision:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-utils-gui_2.2.1-1+lenny2_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-daemon_2.2.1-1+lenny2_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule_2.2.1-1+lenny2_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-utils_2.2.1-1+lenny2_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-utils_2.2.1-1+lenny2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-utils-gui_2.2.1-1+lenny2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule_2.2.1-1+lenny2_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-daemon_2.2.1-1+lenny2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-utils-gui_2.2.1-1+lenny2_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule_2.2.1-1+lenny2_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-daemon_2.2.1-1+lenny2_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-utils_2.2.1-1+lenny2_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-daemon_2.2.1-1+lenny2_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-utils-gui_2.2.1-1+lenny2_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule_2.2.1-1+lenny2_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-utils_2.2.1-1+lenny2_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule_2.2.1-1+lenny2_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-utils-gui_2.2.1-1+lenny2_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-daemon_2.2.1-1+lenny2_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-utils_2.2.1-1+lenny2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-utils-gui_2.2.1-1+lenny2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-daemon_2.2.1-1+lenny2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule_2.2.1-1+lenny2_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-utils_2.2.1-1+lenny2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule_2.2.1-1+lenny2_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-utils_2.2.1-1+lenny2_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-utils-gui_2.2.1-1+lenny2_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-daemon_2.2.1-1+lenny2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule_2.2.1-1+lenny2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-daemon_2.2.1-1+lenny2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-utils-gui_2.2.1-1+lenny2_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/amule/amule-utils_2.2.1-1+lenny2_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.