uTorrent peers unicode string buffer overflow
| utorrent-peers-bo (39720) |  Low Risk |
Description:
uTorrent is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking of unicode strings. By sending a specially-crafted packet to a client, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and cause the application to crash when peer details are viewed.
Platforms Affected:
- µTorrent, µTorrent 1.7.5 and prior
- µTorrent, µTorrent 1.8-alpha-7834 prior
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of uTorrent (1.7.6 or later), available from the uTorrent Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- Luigi Auriemma Advisories, 16 Jan 2008, Peers static overflow in BitTorrent 6.0 and uTorrent 1.7.5 at http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ruttorrent-adv.txt.
- uTorrent Web site, uTorrent at http://www.utorrent.com/.
- BID-27321: BitTorrent and uTorrent Peers Window Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-0364: Buffer overflow in (1) BitTorrent 6.0 and earlier; and (2) uTorrent 1.7.5 and earlier, and 1.8-alpha-7834 and earlier in the 1.8.x series; on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long Unicode string representing a client version identifier.
- SA28533: uTorrent Peer Client Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- SA28537: BitTorrent Peer Client Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Reported:
Jan 16, 2008
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