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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200909-06">
+ <title>aMule: Parameter injection</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ An input validation error in aMule enables remote attackers to pass
+ arbitrary parameters to a victim's media player.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">amule</product>
+ <announced>2009-09-09</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2009-09-09</revised>
+ <bug>268163</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-p2p/amule" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.2.5</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.2.5</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ aMule is an eMule-like client for the eD2k and Kademlia networks,
+ supporting multiple platforms.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Sam Hocevar discovered that the aMule preview function does not
+ properly sanitize file names.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A remote attacker could entice a user to download a file with a
+ specially crafted file name to inject arbitrary arguments to the
+ victim's video player.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All aMule users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-p2p/amule-2.2.5"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1440">CVE-2009-1440</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-07-28T16:58:04Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-08-28T08:22:54Z">
+ a3li
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-08-31T03:38:32Z">
+ a3li
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>