Fedora 8 Update: rb_libtorrent-0.12-3.fc8

February 1, 2008

A potential remote exploit was found in the bdecode_recursive routine that could trigger a stack overflow when passed malformed message data

Summary

rb_libtorrent is a C++ library that aims to be a good alternative to all

the other BitTorrent implementations around. It is a library and not a full

featured client, although it comes with a few working example clients.

Its main goals are to be very efficient (in terms of CPU and memory usage) as

well as being very easy to use both as a user and developer.

A potential remote exploit was found in the bdecode_recursive routine that

could trigger a stack overflow when passed malformed message data. This

release adds a fix for this issue from the upstream subversion repository that

limits the maximum recursive depth of this function.

* Mon Jan 28 2008 Peter Gordon - 0.12-3

- Add upstream patch (changeset 1968) to fix potential security vulnerability:

malformed messages passed through the bdecode_recursive routine could cause

a potential stack overflow.

+ svn1968-bdecode_recursive-security-fix.patch

su -c 'yum update rb_libtorrent' at the command line.

For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",

available at .

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FEDORA-2008-1198 2008-02-02 00:52:26 Product : Fedora 8 Version : 0.12 Release : 3.fc8 URL : https://www.rasterbar.com/products/libtorrent/ Summary : A C++ BitTorrent library aiming to be the best alternative Description : rb_libtorrent is a C++ library that aims to be a good alternative to all the other BitTorrent implementations around. It is a library and not a full featured client, although it comes with a few working example clients. Its main goals are to be very efficient (in terms of CPU and memory usage) as well as being very easy to use both as a user and developer. A potential remote exploit was found in the bdecode_recursive routine that could trigger a stack overflow when passed malformed message data. This release adds a fix for this issue from the upstream subversion repository that limits the maximum recursive depth of this function. * Mon Jan 28 2008 Peter Gordon - 0.12-3 - Add upstream patch (changeset 1968) to fix potential security vulnerability: malformed messages passed through the bdecode_recursive routine could cause a potential stack overflow. + svn1968-bdecode_recursive-security-fix.patch su -c 'yum update rb_libtorrent' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at . All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ Fedora-package-announce mailing list Fedora-package-announce@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-announce