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GLSA-200705-01 : Ktorrent: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 25131

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200705-01 (Ktorrent: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 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.

Solution

All Ktorrent users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-p2p/ktorrent-2.1.3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200705-01

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 25131

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200705-01.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 5/2/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:ktorrent, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/9/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1384, CVE-2007-1385, CVE-2007-1799

GLSA: 200705-01