The bdecode function in bdecode.cpp in libtorrent 1.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted file.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The bdecode function in bdecode.cpp in libtorrent 1.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted file. (CVE-2017-9847)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

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Update to the latest releases

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
254037	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-9847	Nessus	Misc.	medium
105886	Fedora 27 : 1:qbittorrent / rb_libtorrent (2017-5dd46193e1)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
104980	Fedora 26 : 1:qbittorrent / rb_libtorrent (2017-b2f4db4def)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
104977	Fedora 25 : 1:qbittorrent / rb_libtorrent (2017-4994d364de)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2017-9847

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Tenable Plugins

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