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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200705-01
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Ktorrent: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 01, 2007
Bugs: #170303
ID: 200705-01
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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ktorrent allowing for
the remote execution of arbitrary code and a Denial of Service.
Background
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Ktorrent is a Bittorrent client for KDE.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-p2p/ktorrent < 2.1.3 >= 2.1.3
Description
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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
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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
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Ktorrent users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-p2p/ktorrent-2.1.3"
References
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[ 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
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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?
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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@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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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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