CVE-2008-0646

Description

The bdecode_recursive function in include/libtorrent/bencode.hpp in Rasterbar Software libtorrent before 0.12.1, as used in Deluge before 0.5.8.3 and other products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack exhaustion and crash) via a crafted bencoded message.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00001.html

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0384

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0383

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27597

http://secunia.com/advisories/28782

http://secunia.com/advisories/28781

http://secunia.com/advisories/28700

http://secunia.com/advisories/28699

http://libtorrent.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libtorrent/trunk/include/libtorrent/bencode.hpp?view=log&pathrev=1968

http://libtorrent.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libtorrent/branches/RC_0_13/include/libtorrent/bencode.hpp?view=log&pathrev=1968

http://libtorrent.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/libtorrent/branches/RC_0_12/include/libtorrent/bencode.hpp?view=log&pathrev=1968#rev1968

http://deluge-torrent.org/Changelog.php

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3