22625 : BitComet Client .torrent URI Handling Overflow
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Timeline

Disclosure Date Exploit Publish Date
2006-01-18 2006-01-22

Keywords

FSA-2006-07

Description

A remote overflow exists in Bitcomet Client. The BitComet Client fails to check the size of the publisher's name URI in a torrent file, resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can allow arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of availability.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Impact Unknown
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.61 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

BitComet.com
Watch-list
BitComet Client
Watch-list
0.60

References

Tools & Filters

20749

Credit

  • Dejun Meng - Fortinet

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-01-23 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_2 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_1 Integrity_impact_1 Availability_impact_1

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