[ GLSA 200705-01 ] Ktorrent: Multiple vulnerabilities

[Raphael Marichez <falco () gentoo org>]

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200705-01
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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 () gentoo org 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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