USN-436-1 fixed a vulnerability in KTorrent. The original fix for path traversal was incomplete, allowing for alternate vectors of attack. This update solves the problem.
Original advisory details:
18 May 2007
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
USN-436-1 fixed a vulnerability in KTorrent. The original fix for path
traversal was incomplete, allowing for alternate vectors of attack.
This update solves the problem.
Original advisory details:
Bryan Burns of Juniper Networks discovered that KTorrent did not correctly validate the destination file paths nor the HAVE statements sent by torrent peers. A malicious remote peer could send specially crafted messages to overwrite files or execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
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.
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