DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1799

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1799

    Published: 2 Apr 2007Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2007-1799

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-1799

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ktorrent

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/ktorrent?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1.4.dfsg.1-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High