BitComet 0.60 Publisher memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in BitComet 0.60. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Publisher. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2006-0339. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in BitComet 0.60. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing of the component Publisher. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in BitComet Client 0.60 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, when the publisher s name link is clicked, via a long publisher URI in a torrent file.

The bug was discovered 01/18/2006. The weakness was shared 01/18/2006 by Dejun Meng with Fortinet Security Research (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-0339 since 01/20/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C and been published 4 days after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 20749 (BitComet Client .torrent URI Handling Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Peer-To-Peer File Sharing and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4226.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (24229), Tenable (20749), SecurityFocus (BID 16311†), OSVDB (22625†) and Secunia (SA18522†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 20749
Nessus Name: BitComet Client .torrent URI Handling Overflow
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Dejun Meng
Organization: Fortinet Security Research
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-0339 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0339
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28419
X-Force: 24229
SecurityFocus: 16311 - BitComet Torrent File Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 18522
OSVDB: 22625 - BitComet Client .torrent URI Handling Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 10202 - BitComet 0.60 and Earlier Remote Buffer Overflow via crafted .torrent Files, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-0251

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 06/13/2019 16:13
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (74), 06/13/2019 16:13 (6)
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