Secunia Security Advisory - Debian has issued an update for ktorrent. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to overwrite arbitrary files on a user's system.
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TITLE:
Debian update for ktorrent
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26773
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26773/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Manipulation of data
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
http://secunia.com/product/13844/
Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid
http://secunia.com/product/530/
DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for ktorrent. This fixes a vulnerability,
which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to overwrite
arbitrary files on a user's system.
For more information:
SA24486
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.
-- Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch --
Source archives:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 663 ec1366a6819ce30b5891b7c4e0e51986
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 2183095 3aef60283e457b7e13c1719387251612
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 12570 09ef4b627881d0aa29f682dbcf860ae7
alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1678764 e9fec2e0c67431d8df32f97fd42dd408
amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1587096 dea2c2add2b28f51c37838104cbacab6
arm architecture (ARM)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1676742 4b3494cbabc09ae553459934d3544536
hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1760846 6f4a58a69b7b61d71f8269c38351d96c
i386 architecture (Intel ia32)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1580584 0a98af7db2be8b6a01d4eeb4da3d20ef
ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1801310 4c336b16545584e3047e5f4ba11a3994
mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1537750 36579943948e4d73039399978fbc138a
mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1518836 5d8c0b09e86c98680d083e903c4ca0cc
s390 architecture (IBM S/390)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1563558 b4d85977441bd37b7390af3efe924ad4
sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/k/ktorrent/ktorrent_2.0.3+dfsg1-2etch1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 1553024 cb40c3218f0c300590ea2ae91a577a36
-- Debain GNU/Linux unstable alias sid --
Fixed in version 2.2.1.dfsg.1-1.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/debian-security-announce-2007/msg00138.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24486:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24486/
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