Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1815-1 libtorrent-rasterbar -- programming error

Date Reported:

14 Jun 2009

Affected Packages:

libtorrent-rasterbar

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2009-1760.

More information:

It was discovered that the Rasterbar Bittorrent library performed insufficient validation of path names specified in torrent files, which could lead to denial of service by overwriting files.

The old stable distribution (etch) doesn't include libtorrent-rasterbar.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.13.1-2+lenny1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.14.4-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libtorrent-rasterbar package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar_0.13.1-2+lenny1.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar_0.13.1.orig.tar.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar_0.13.1-2+lenny1.dsc
Architecture-independent component:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-doc_0.13.1-2+lenny1_all.deb
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-dev_0.13.1-2+lenny1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar0_0.13.1-2+lenny1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-dbg_0.13.1-2+lenny1_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar0_0.13.1-2+lenny1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-dev_0.13.1-2+lenny1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-dbg_0.13.1-2+lenny1_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar0_0.13.1-2+lenny1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-dbg_0.13.1-2+lenny1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-dev_0.13.1-2+lenny1_arm.deb
ARM EABI:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar0_0.13.1-2+lenny1_armel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-dev_0.13.1-2+lenny1_armel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-dbg_0.13.1-2+lenny1_armel.deb
HP Precision:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar0_0.13.1-2+lenny1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-dev_0.13.1-2+lenny1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-dbg_0.13.1-2+lenny1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-dbg_0.13.1-2+lenny1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar0_0.13.1-2+lenny1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-dev_0.13.1-2+lenny1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-dev_0.13.1-2+lenny1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-dbg_0.13.1-2+lenny1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar0_0.13.1-2+lenny1_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-dev_0.13.1-2+lenny1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar0_0.13.1-2+lenny1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-dbg_0.13.1-2+lenny1_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-dbg_0.13.1-2+lenny1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar0_0.13.1-2+lenny1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-dev_0.13.1-2+lenny1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-dev_0.13.1-2+lenny1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-dbg_0.13.1-2+lenny1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar0_0.13.1-2+lenny1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-dbg_0.13.1-2+lenny1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar0_0.13.1-2+lenny1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-dev_0.13.1-2+lenny1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-dbg_0.13.1-2+lenny1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar0_0.13.1-2+lenny1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtorrent-rasterbar/libtorrent-rasterbar-dev_0.13.1-2+lenny1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.