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TITLE:
BitTorrent Peer Client Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28537

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28537/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
BitTorrent 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/17247/

DESCRIPTION:
Luigi Auriemma has discovered a vulnerability in BitTorrent, which
can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to the use of vulnerable uTorrent
code.

For more information:
SA28533

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 6.0 (build 5535) for
Windows. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Restrict network access to trusted users only.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Luigi Auriemma

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ruttorrent-adv.txt

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA28533:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28533/

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