PT-2016-2290 · Libtorrent+1 · Libtorrent+1

Arvidn · Published 2016-06-30 · Updated 2021-03-15 · CVE-2016-5301

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libtorrent versions prior to 1.1.1

Description The issue is related to the parse chunk header function, which does not properly check input data. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted HTTP response or possibly a UPnP broadcast.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.1.1, update to version 1.1.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the parse chunk header function until a patch is available.

Fix

DoS

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01679

CVE-2016-5301

DLA-511-1

MGASA-2016-0234

USN-4790-1

Affected Products

Ubuntu

Libtorrent

References · 22

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00079.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5301 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0234 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0234.html · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5301 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00103.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5301 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00043.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01679 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4790-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4790-1 · Vendor Advisory