Ubuntu Security Notice USN-711-1
26th January, 2009
ktorrent vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 8.10
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 7.10
Software description
- ktorrent
Details
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)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 8.10:
- ktorrent 3.1.2+dfsg.1-0ubuntu2.1
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
- ktorrent 2.2.5-0ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 7.10:
- ktorrent 2.2.1-0ubuntu3.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart KTorrent to effect
the necessary changes.