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Gentoo update for ktorrent
Secunia Advisory: SA25097
Release Date: 2007-05-02
Popularity: 4,467 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-1384
CVE-2007-1385
CVE-2007-1799


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for ktorrent. This fixes two vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to overwrite arbitrary files on a user's system or potentially compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA24486

Solution:
Update to "net-p2p/ktorrent-2.1.3" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-01.xml

Other References:
SA24486:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24486/


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