PT-2017-9097 · Libtorrent+1 · Libtorrent+1

Sz3No · Published 2016-09-25 · Updated 2020-12-02 · CVE-2016-7164

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 version 1.1.0

Description The issue allows remote torrent trackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a segmentation fault and crash, by sending a crafted GZIP response. This is due to a problem in the construct function in puff.cpp.

Recommendations For Libtorrent version 1.1.0, 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

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-3441

CVE-2016-7164

MGASA-2016-0320

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Libtorrent

References · 19

• https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/issues/1021 · Patch
• https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/pull/1022 · Patch
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/1 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7164 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/08/7 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0320 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7164 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2020-3441 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7164 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0320.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7164 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7164 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7164 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9847 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7164 · Security Note