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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 : ktorrent vulnerabilities (USN-436-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 28031

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Bryan Burns of Juniper Networks discovered that KTorrent did not correctly validate the destination file paths nor the HAVE statements sent by torrent peers. A malicious remote peer could send specially crafted messages to overwrite files or execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

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Solution

Update the affected ktorrent package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/436-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 28031

File Name: ubuntu_USN-436-1.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2007

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ktorrent

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2007

Reference Information

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

BID: 22930

USN: 436-1