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From: Raphael Marichez <falco@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200705-01 ] Ktorrent: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 18:52:38
Message-Id: 20070501183213.GA426@falco.falcal.net
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200705-01
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Ktorrent: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: May 01, 2007
10 Bugs: #170303
11 ID: 200705-01
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ktorrent allowing for
19 the remote execution of arbitrary code and a Denial of Service.
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21 Background
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24 Ktorrent is a Bittorrent client for KDE.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 net-p2p/ktorrent < 2.1.3 >= 2.1.3
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34 Description
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37 Bryan Burns of Juniper Networks discovered a vulnerability in
38 chunkcounter.cpp when processing large or negative idx values, and a
39 directory traversal vulnerability in torrent.cpp.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could entice a user to download a specially crafted
45 torrent file, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary
46 code with the privileges of the user running Ktorrent.
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48 Workaround
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51 There is no known workaround at this time.
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53 Resolution
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56 All Ktorrent users should upgrade to the latest version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-p2p/ktorrent-2.1.3"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] CVE-2007-1384
65 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1384
66 [ 2 ] CVE-2007-1385
67 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1385
68 [ 3 ] CVE-2007-1799
69 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1799
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71 Availability
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74 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
75 the Gentoo Security Website:
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77 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-01.xml
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79 Concerns?
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82 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
83 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
84 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
85 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
86 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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88 License
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91 Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
92 belongs to its owner(s).
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94 The contents of this document are licensed under the
95 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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97 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5