PT-2017-19215 · Libtorrent+1 · Libtorrent+1

Owl337 · Published 2017-06-24 · Updated 2020-12-02 · CVE-2017-9847

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libtorrent version 1.1.3

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a heap-based buffer over-read and application crash, via a crafted file. This is due to a problem in the bdecode function in bdecode.cpp.

Recommendations For libtorrent version 1.1.3, consider updating to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, as the current version is affected. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-3441

CVE-2017-9847

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Libtorrent

References · 12

• https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/issues/2099 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9847 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2020-3441 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9847 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9847 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9847 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9847 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7164 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9847 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9847 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9847 · Vendor Advisory
• https://packages.altlinux.org/ru/vuln/CVE-2017-9847 · Note