BitTorrent and uTorrent created by buffer overflow
| bittorrent-utorrent-createdby-bo (44404) |  High Risk |
Description:
BitTorrent and uTorrent are vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by .torrent files. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted .torrent file with an overly long "created by" field, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 6.8 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 5 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
For uTorrent:
Upgrade to the latest version of uTorrent (1.8.0 or later), available from the uTorrent Web site. See References.
References:
- Dailydave mailing list, Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:50:55 +0800: A new datapoint for 0day lifetime.
- Dailydave Security Advisory: Unicode Stack Overflow in µTorrent / Bittorrent Mainline Client.
- uTorrent Forum, 2008-08-09 13:50:29: µTorrent 1.8 released.
- BID-30653: uTorrent and BitTorrent File Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-4434: Stack-based buffer overflow in (1) uTorrent 1.7.7 build 8179 and earlier and (2) BitTorrent 6.0.3 build 8642 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long Created By field in a .torrent file.
- SA31441: uTorrent "created by" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- SA31445: BitTorrent "created by" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1020664: uTorrent Stack Overflow in Processing '.torrent' File 'created by' String Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-2340: uTorrent created by Field Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-2341: BitTorrent created by Field Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- BitTorrent BitTorrent 6.0.3 build 8642 and prior
- µTorrent µTorrent 1.7.7 build 8179 and prior
Reported:
Aug 11, 2008
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