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GNUMP3d < 2.9.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for multiple vulnerabilities in GNUMP3d < 2.9.6

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote streaming server is prone to directory traversal and cross-
site scripting attacks.

Description :

The remote host is running GNUMP3d, an open-source audio / video
streaming server.

The installed version of GNUMP3d on the remote host suffers fails to
completely filter out directory traversal sequences from request URIs.
By leveraging this flaw, a possible hacker can read arbitrary files on the
remote subject to the rights under which the server operates. In
addition, it fails to sanitize user-supplied input to several scripts,
which can be used to launch cross-site scripting attacks against the
affected application.

See also :

http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/gnump3d/gnump3d/ChangeLog?rev=1.134&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup

Solution :

Upgrade to GNUMP3d 2.9.7 or later.

Network Security Threat Level:

Medium / CVSS Base Score : 4
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/A:N/I:N/B:C)

Networks Security ID: 15226, 15228, 15341

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