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Title : BitTorrent "created by" Field Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2341
CVE ID : CVE-2008-4434
CWE ID : CWE-119
Rated as : Critical

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-08-12

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A vulnerability has been identified in BitTorrent, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error when processing an overly long "created by" string in ".torrent" file, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a malicious ".torrent" file.

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Rhys Kidd.

ChangeLog

2008-08-12 : Initial release

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