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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200902-05">
  <title>KTorrent: Multiple vulnerabilitites</title>
  <synopsis>
    Two vulnerabilities in the web interface plugin in KTorrent allow for
    remote execution of code and arbitrary torrent uploads.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">ktorrent</product>
  <announced>2009-02-23</announced>
  <revised count="01">2009-02-23</revised>
  <bug>244741</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-p2p/ktorrent" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.2.8</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.2.8</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    KTorrent is a BitTorrent program for KDE.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    The web interface plugin does not restrict access to the torrent upload
    functionality (CVE-2008-5905) and does not sanitize request parameters
    properly (CVE-2008-5906) .
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could send specially crafted parameters to the web
    interface that would allow for arbitrary torrent uploads and remote
    code execution with the privileges of the KTorrent process.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    Disabling the web interface plugin will prevent exploitation of both
    issues. Click "Plugins" in the configuration menu and uncheck the
    checkbox left of "WebInterface", then apply the changes.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All KTorrent users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-p2p/ktorrent-2.2.8"</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5905">CVE-2008-5905</uri>
    <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5906">CVE-2008-5906</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-01-06T20:05:03Z">
    keytoaster
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-01-10T00:24:20Z">
    craig
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-01-10T19:16:54Z">
    p-y
  </metadata>
</glsa>