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Debian DSA-1815-1 : libtorrent-rasterbar - programming error

medium Nessus Plugin ID 39391

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that the Rasterbar Bittorrent library performed insufficient validation of path names specified in torrent files, which could lead to denial of service by overwriting files.

Solution

Upgrade the libtorrent-rasterbar package.

The old stable distribution (etch) doesn't include libtorrent-rasterbar.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.13.1-2+lenny1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1815

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 39391

File Name: debian_DSA-1815.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/16/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtorrent-rasterbar, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1760

CWE: 22

DSA: 1815