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Ubuntu USN-711-1 (ktorrent)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Ubuntu Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

10.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update to ktorrent announced via advisory USN-711-1.

Insight

Insight

It was discovered that KTorrent did not properly restrict access when using the web interface plugin. A remote attacker could use a crafted http request and upload arbitrary torrent files to trigger the start of downloads and seeding. (CVE-2008-5905) It was discovered that KTorrent did not properly handle certain parameters when using the web interface plugin. A remote attacker could use crafted http requests to execute arbitrary PHP code. (CVE-2008-5906)

Solution

Solution

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 7.10: ktorrent 2.2.1-0ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: ktorrent 2.2.5-0ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 8.10: ktorrent 3.1.2+dfsg.1-0ubuntu2.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart KTorrent to effect the necessary changes. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-711-1