PT-2009-5892 · Aria2 · Aria2

Sundaram · Published 2009-10-20 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2009-3617

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.6

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions aria2 versions prior to 1.6.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, specifically an application crash, via format string specifiers in a download URI when logging is enabled. This is related to a format string vulnerability in the AbstractCommand::onAbort function.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.6.2, update to version 1.6.2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling logging to minimize the risk of exploitation. Restrict access to download URIs that may contain format string specifiers to prevent potential attacks.

Fix

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-134

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-3617

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10060-1

Affected Products

Aria2

References · 15

• http://aria2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/aria2/trunk/src/AbstractCommand.cc?r1=1539&r2=1572 · Patch
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529342 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3617 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-3617 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10060-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-3617 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31732 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3617 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2960 · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125568632528906&w=2 · Patch
• http://osvdb.org/59087 · Note
• http://aria2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/aria2/trunk/NEWS?revision=1586 · Note
• https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/2495 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3617 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125572053420493&w=2 · Note