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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2007.0693 -- [UNIX/Linux][Debian]
New ktorrent packages fix directory traversal
12 September 2007
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: ktorrent
Publisher: Debian
Operating System: UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Impact: Overwrite Arbitrary Files
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2007-1799
Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1373
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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1373-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Steve Kemp
September 11th, 2007 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : ktorrent
Vulnerability : directory traversal
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2007-1799
Debian Bug : 432007
It was discovered that ktorrent, a BitTorrent client for KDE, was vulnerable
to a directory traversal bug which potentially allowed remote users to
overwrite arbitrary files.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version
2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1.
For the old stable distribution (sarge), this package was not present.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem was fixed in version
2.2.1.dfsg.1-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your ktorrent package.
Upgrade instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:
apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
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Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 663 ec1366a6819ce30b5891b7c4e0e51986
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 2183095 3aef60283e457b7e13c1719387251612
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 12570 09ef4b627881d0aa29f682dbcf860ae7
alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1678764 e9fec2e0c67431d8df32f97fd42dd408
amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1587096 dea2c2add2b28f51c37838104cbacab6
arm architecture (ARM)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1676742 4b3494cbabc09ae553459934d3544536
hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1760846 6f4a58a69b7b61d71f8269c38351d96c
i386 architecture (Intel ia32)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1580584 0a98af7db2be8b6a01d4eeb4da3d20ef
ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1801310 4c336b16545584e3047e5f4ba11a3994
mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1537750 36579943948e4d73039399978fbc138a
mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1518836 5d8c0b09e86c98680d083e903c4ca0cc
s390 architecture (IBM S/390)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1563558 b4d85977441bd37b7390af3efe924ad4
sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1553024 cb40c3218f0c300590ea2ae91a577a36
These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
its next update.
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For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>
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