National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-4434
Original release date:10/03/2008
Last revised:03/18/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Stack-based buffer overflow in (1) uTorrent 1.7.7 build 8179 and earlier and (2) BitTorrent 6.0.3 build 8642 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long Created By field in a .torrent file.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: XF
Name: bittorrent-utorrent-createdby-bo(44404)
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1020664
External Source: BID
Name: 30653
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2341
Type: Advisory
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2340
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31445
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31441
Type: Advisory
External Source: MLIST
Name: [dailydave] 20080811 A new datapoint for 0day lifetime
External Source: MISC
Name: http://lists.immunitysec.com/pipermail/dailydave/attachments/20080811/35d6194b/attachment-0001.pdf
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=44003
