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Debian DSA-1373-2 : ktorrent - directory traversal

medium Nessus Plugin ID 26034

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that ktorrent, a BitTorrent client for KDE, was vulnerable to a directory traversal bug which potentially allowed remote users to overwrite arbitrary files.

Solution

Upgrade the ktorrent package.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), this package was not present.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.3+dfsg1-2.2etch1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1373

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 26034

File Name: debian_DSA-1373.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/14/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ktorrent, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1799

DSA: 1373