MGASA-2015-0428

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    MGASA-2015-0428

    Published: 5 Nov 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-5685

    Summary: Updated libtorrent-rasterbar packages fixes security vulnerability

    Details: 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 (CVE-2015-5685).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0428.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16795, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=797046

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libtorrent-rasterbar

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libtorrent-rasterbar?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.16.18-1.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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