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From: Rainer Groesslinger <scandium@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Security Problems: xmule, lmule
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 01:08:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200308200108.34719.scandium@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1061333257.14174.2.camel@localhost>

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On Wednesday 20 August 2003 00:47, Patrick Lauer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> yesterday I found this:
> http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/dab-18.08.03-000/ (in german)
>
> http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-August/008449.
>html (english)
>
> short summary:
> all emule, lmule and xmule versions are vulnerable to buffer
> overflows including execution of malicious code.
>
> xmule 1.4.3 (portage current) is very vulnerable.
> xmule 1.5.6 (latest from xmule website) does not fix all known
> vulnerabilities.
>
> Please discourage the use of lmule and xmule until fixed versions are
> available.

lmule was removed from the tree several weeks ago because it isn't 
developed anymore and unsupported for a few months now.

The problem - indeed - is, that even their latest unstable release 
(1.5.6a) doesn't fix the problem and I observe xmule sharply and am 
waiting for a fixed release or at least a patch.

I added an einfo about the security hole in all the xmule ebuilds and I 
hope they release 1.4.4 or something soon (which will immediatly be 
arch of course)

-- 
Rainer Groesslinger
http://dev.gentoo.org/~scandium/

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  reply	other threads:[~2003-08-19 23:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-08-19 22:47 [gentoo-dev] Security Problems: xmule, lmule Patrick Lauer
2003-08-19 23:08 ` Rainer Groesslinger [this message]
2003-08-19 23:19   ` Rainer Groesslinger
2003-08-19 23:25   ` Patrick Lauer
2003-08-19 23:32     ` Rainer Groesslinger
2003-08-19 23:51       ` Owen Gunden
2003-08-20  2:28     ` Georgi Georgiev
2003-08-27 13:43 ` Rainer Groesslinger

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