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Title: Gnapster and Knapster File Access Vulnerability

Severity: MODERATE

Description:

Various open source clones of the Napster software package have a vulnerability by which users may view files on a machine running a vulnerable Napster clone client. The file access is limited to files accessible by the user running the client. The official commercial version of Napster does not contain this vulnerability.

Affected Products:

  • John Donoghue Knapster 0.9.0
  • Josh Guilfoyle Gnapster 1.3.8

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