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[ GLSA 200705-01 ] Ktorrent: Multiple vulnerabilities
From: Raphael Marichez <falco () gentoo org>
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 20:32:13 +0200
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200705-01 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Ktorrent: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: May 01, 2007 Bugs: #170303 ID: 200705-01 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ktorrent allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code and a Denial of Service. Background ========== Ktorrent is a Bittorrent client for KDE. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-p2p/ktorrent < 2.1.3 >= 2.1.3 Description =========== Bryan Burns of Juniper Networks discovered a vulnerability in chunkcounter.cpp when processing large or negative idx values, and a directory traversal vulnerability in torrent.cpp. Impact ====== A remote attacker could entice a user to download a specially crafted torrent file, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Ktorrent. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All Ktorrent users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-p2p/ktorrent-2.1.3" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2007-1384 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1384 [ 2 ] CVE-2007-1385 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1385 [ 3 ] CVE-2007-1799 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1799 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-01.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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