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CVE-2007-1799

Publication date 2 April 2007

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Directory traversal vulnerability in torrent.cpp in KTorrent before 2.1.3 only checks for the ".." string, which allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via modified ".." sequences in a torrent filename, as demonstrated by "../" sequences, due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-1384.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ktorrent 7.04 feisty
Fixed 2.1-0ubuntu2.1
6.10 edgy
Fixed 2.0.3+dfsg1-0ubuntu1.2
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 1.2-0ubuntu5.2

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-436-2
    • KTorrent vulnerability
    • 18 May 2007

Other references