Executive Summary

Summary
Title KTorrent vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-711-1 First vendor Publication 2009-01-26
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2009-01-26
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 7.10 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Ubuntu 8.10

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 7.10:
ktorrent 2.2.1-0ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
ktorrent 2.2.5-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 8.10:
ktorrent 3.1.2+dfsg.1-0ubuntu2.1

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart KTorrent to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

It was discovered that KTorrent did not properly restrict access when using the web interface plugin. A remote attacker could use a crafted http request and upload arbitrary torrent files to trigger the start of downloads and seeding. (CVE-2008-5905)

It was discovered that KTorrent did not properly handle certain parameters when using the web interface plugin. A remote attacker could use crafted http requests to execute arbitrary PHP code. (CVE-2008-5906)

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-711-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
50 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13673
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13673
Title: USN-711-1 -- ktorrent vulnerabilities
Description: It was discovered that KTorrent did not properly restrict access when using the web interface plugin. A remote attacker could use a crafted http request and upload arbitrary torrent files to trigger the start of downloads and seeding. It was discovered that KTorrent did not properly handle certain parameters when using the web interface plugin. A remote attacker could use crafted http requests to execute arbitrary PHP code
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-711-1
CVE-2008-5905
CVE-2008-5906
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 7.10
Ubuntu 8.10
Ubuntu 8.04
 Product(s): ktorrent
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 37

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-03-02 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200902-05 (ktorrent)
File : nvt/glsa_200902_05.nasl
2009-02-02 Name : Ubuntu USN-710-1 (xine-lib)
File : nvt/ubuntu_710_1.nasl
2009-02-02 Name : Ubuntu USN-711-1 (ktorrent)
File : nvt/ubuntu_711_1.nasl
2009-01-22 Name : KTorrent PHP Code Injection And Security Bypass Vulnerability
File : nvt/gb_ktorrent_sec_bypass_vuln.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
49357 KTorrent Web Interface Plugin Multiple Variable Arbitrary PHP Code Injection
49356 KTorrent Web Interface Plugin Crafted POST Request Arbitrary Torrent File Upload

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-711-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-02-24 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200902-05.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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