Buffer overflow in DHTRoutingTableDeserializer.cc in aria2 0.15.3, 1.2.0, and other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201001-06 (aria2: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Tatsuhiro Tsujikawa reported a buffer overflow in     DHTRoutingTableDeserializer.cc (CVE-2009-3575) and a format string     vulnerability in the AbstractCommand::onAbort() function in     src/AbstractCommand.cc (CVE-2009-3617).
  Impact :

    A remote, unauthenticated attacker could possibly execute arbitrary     code with the privileges of the user running the application or cause a     Denial of Service (application crash).
  Workaround :

    Do not use DHT (CVE-2009-3575) and disable logging (CVE-2009-3617).

It was discovered that aria2, a high speed download utility, is prone to a buffer overflow in the DHT routing code, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

The oldstable distribution (etch) is not affected by this problem.

Speciall crafted distributed hash table files as used by bittorrent could cause a buffer overflow in aria2 (CVE-2009-3575).

Fixes CVE-2009-3575, A buffer overflow vulnerability described in more detail at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527827

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in aria2 :

Buffer overflow in DHTRoutingTableDeserializer.cc in aria2 0.15.3, 1.2.0, and other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors (CVE-2009-3575).

This update provides a solution to this vulnerability.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
44895	GLSA-201001-06 : aria2: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
44822	Debian DSA-1957-1 : aria2 - buffer overflow	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
42175	openSUSE Security Update : aria2 (aria2-1400)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
42074	Fedora 10 : aria2-1.3.1-2.fc10 (2009-10344)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
40920	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : aria2 (MDVSA-2009:226)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	critical

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