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mldonkey: privilege escalation

Package(s):

mldonkey

CVE #(s):

Created:

October 25, 2007

Updated:

October 31, 2007

Description:

The MLDonkey peer-to-peer filesharing client can be used to add a user to the system with a valid login shell and no password. This can be used for the escalation of privilege.

Alerts:

Gentoo

200710-25

2007-10-24

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