CVE - CVE-2007-1799

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-1799	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in torrent.cpp in KTorrent before 2.1.3 only checks for the ".." string, which allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via modified ".." sequences in a torrent filename, as demonstrated by "../" sequences, due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-1384.
References
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BID:23745 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23745 CONFIRM:http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=143637 CONFIRM:https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=170303 DEBIAN:DSA-1373 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1373 GENTOO:GLSA-200705-01 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-01.xml MANDRIVA:MDKSA-2007:095 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:095~~ (Obsolete source) SECUNIA:24995 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/24995 SECUNIA:25097 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/25097 SECUNIA:26773 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/26773 SUSE:SUSE-SR:2007:007 URL:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html UBUNTU:USN-436-2 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-436-2 XF:ktorrent-torrentcpp-directory-traversal(33566) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33566
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20070402	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20070402)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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