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>> Gentoo Security Update Fixes MLDonkey Security Bypass Vulnerability
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Title : Gentoo Security Update Fixes MLDonkey Security Bypass Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3613
CVE ID : CVE-2007-5714
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-10-25
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A vulnerability has been identified in Gentoo, which could be exploited by remote attackers to gain unauthorized access to a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by an error in the MLDonkey ebuild that creates the "p2p" user with a valid login shell and no password, which could be exploited by attackers to gain remote access to an affected system via e.g. SSH or telnet.
Affected Products
net-p2p/mldonkey versions prior to 2.9.0-r3
Solution
Change the p2p user's shell to disable login :
# usermod -s /bin/false p2p
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3613
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200710-25.xml
Credits
Vulnerability reported by the vendor.
ChangeLog
2007-10-25 : Initial release
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