Gentoo Mldonkey Ebuild prior 2.9.0 Default Password improper authentication

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A vulnerability was found in Gentoo Mldonkey Ebuild and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Default Password. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Gentoo ebuild of MLDonkey before 2.9.0-r3 has a p2p user account with an empty default password and valid login shell, which might allow remote attackers to obtain login access and execute arbitrary code.

The weakness was published 10/30/2007 (Website). The advisory is available at security.gentoo.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-5714 since 10/30/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 27557 (GLSA-200710-25 : MLDonkey: Privilege escalation), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 2.9.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (37422) and Tenable (27557).

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 27557
Nessus Name: GLSA-200710-25 : MLDonkey: Privilege escalation
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OpenVAS ID: 58704
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200710-25 (mldonkey)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mldonkey Ebuild 2.9.0

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08/18/2007 🔍
10/25/2007 +68 days 🔍
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10/30/2007 +5 days 🔍
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10/28/2010 +1094 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +1600 days 🔍
07/29/2021 +2327 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: security.gentoo.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-5714 (🔍)
X-Force: 37422
Vulnerability Center: 27945 - Gentoo ebuild of MLDonkey Before 2.9.0-r3 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability, High
Secunia: 27366 - Gentoo MLDonkey Empty "p2p" Password Security Issue, Moderately Critical

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Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 07/29/2021 14:48
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (59), 03/08/2017 21:26 (9), 07/29/2021 14:48 (3)
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