CVE-2007-5714

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-5714
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-10-30 19:46:00 UTC
Updated2008-09-05 21:31:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gentoo Mldonkey Ebuild All r2 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- MLDonkey: Privilege escalation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Gentoo MLDonkey Empty "p2p" Password Security Issue - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
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