PT-2008-2269 · Libtorrent+1 · Libtorrent+1

Published 2008-02-07 · Updated 2011-03-08 · CVE-2008-0646

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libtorrent versions prior to 0.12.1 Deluge versions prior to 0.5.8.3

Description The issue allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in stack exhaustion and crash, via a crafted bencoded message. This is due to a problem in the bdecode recursive function in include/libtorrent/bencode.hpp.

Recommendations For libtorrent versions prior to 0.12.1, update to version 0.12.1 or later. For Deluge versions prior to 0.5.8.3, update to version 0.5.8.3 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0646

Affected Products

Deluge

Libtorrent

References · 14

• 🔥 http://libtorrent.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libtorrent/branches/RC_0_12/include/libtorrent/bencode.hpp?r1=956&r2=1968&pathrev=1968 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28781 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0646 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28699 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/27597 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28782 · Note
• http://libtorrent.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libtorrent/branches/RC_0_13/include/libtorrent/bencode.hpp?view=log&pathrev=1968 · Note
• http://deluge-torrent.org/Changelog.php · Note
• http://libtorrent.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libtorrent/trunk/include/libtorrent/bencode.hpp?view=log&pathrev=1968 · Note
• http://libtorrent.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libtorrent/branches/RC_0_12/include/libtorrent/bencode.hpp?view=log&pathrev=1968#rev1968 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0383 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0384 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28700 · Note