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Debian: Security Advisory for qbittorrent (DSA-4650-1)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'qbittorrent' package(s) announced via the DSA-4650-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
Miguel Onoro reported that qbittorrent, a bittorrent client with a Qt5 GUI user interface, allows command injection via shell metacharacters in the torrent name parameter or current tracker parameter, which could result in remote command execution via a crafted name within an RSS feed if qbittorrent is configured to run an external program on torrent completion.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'qbittorrent' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.7-3+deb9u1. For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.5-1+deb10u1. We recommend that you upgrade your qbittorrent packages.