Secunia Security Advisory - Ubuntu has issued an update for ktorrent. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to overwrite arbitrary files on a user's system or to potentially compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Ubuntu update for ktorrent
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24459
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24459/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Manipulation of data, System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Ubuntu Linux 6.10
http://secunia.com/product/12470/
Ubuntu Linux 6.06
http://secunia.com/product/10611/
DESCRIPTION:
Ubuntu has issued an update for ktorrent. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
overwrite arbitrary files on a user's system or to potentially
compromise a user's system.
For more information:
SA24486
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
-- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS --
Source archives:
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_1.2-0ubuntu5.1.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 43785 79df81a2daf88ed095153f8b664f7da4
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_1.2-0ubuntu5.1.dsc
Size/MD5: 785 b33cc9609741465d1acfed4c3e86c87e
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_1.2.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 1447380 55c6c4ae679aea0ba0370058856ddb92
amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_1.2-0ubuntu5.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 799590 1e15c2c9901fe1bd815d3ebebc33c841
i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_1.2-0ubuntu5.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 756604 9d33c77836ca569ac77e5cb1e43727e5
powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_1.2-0ubuntu5.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 790462 59620e287be8fa5f39725c579516d580
sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_1.2-0ubuntu5.1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 759414 53bcc7c1baf8bf5a6d2f21fd4677ab34
-- Ubuntu 6.10 --
Source archives:
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-0ubuntu1.1.diff.gz
Size/MD5: 336981 510bbd0ce41892c3f73580c6912e8cca
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-0ubuntu1.1.dsc
Size/MD5: 754 fba0cabd58450420a144ce4aceec77e1
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5: 2183661 891f2cc509331a4283f958b068bbcf7d
amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-0ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5: 1220846 74e7cbb176c3167fd3ebc1262a83fb69
i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-0ubuntu1.1_i386.deb
Size/MD5: 1182658 0d40b9c135c6f835da909aee5a7320a5
powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-0ubuntu1.1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5: 1205360 1748f978c4bd43e805bd64615e5cebee
sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)
http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-0ubuntu1.1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5: 1159794 8c7988c495afa48bae90fc1d21f49d71
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-436-1
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24486:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24486/
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