1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-436-1

USN-436-1: KTorrent vulnerabilities

Publication date

13 March 2007

Overview

KTorrent vulnerabilities

Releases

Details

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.

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.

Update instructions

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart KTorrent to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
6.10 edgy ktorrent –  2.0.3+dfsg1-0ubuntu1.1
6.06 dapper ktorrent –  1.2-0ubuntu5.1

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