Debian DLA-312-1 : libtorrent-rasterbar security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 86022

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

The lazy_bdecode function in BitTorrent DHT bootstrap server (bootstrap-dht ) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet, related to 'improper indexing.'

Note while this CVE was reported against BitTorrent DHT Bootstrapt server, the same vulnerable code is available in libtorrent-rasterbar.

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

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2015/09/msg00007.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze-lts/libtorrent-rasterbar

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 86022

File Name: debian_DLA-312.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/21/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtorrent-rasterbar-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtorrent-rasterbar-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtorrent-rasterbar-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libtorrent-rasterbar5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-libtorrent, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/20/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5685