---------------------------------------------------------------------- Secunia is proud to announce the availability of the Secunia Software Inspector. The Secunia Software Inspector is a free service that detects insecure versions of software that you may have installed in your system. When insecure versions are detected, the Secunia Software Inspector also provides thorough guidelines for updating the software to the latest secure version from the vendor. Try it out online: http://secunia.com/software_inspector/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: uTorrent "announce" Option Buffer Overflow SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA24130 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/24130/ CRITICAL: Highly critical IMPACT: System access WHERE: >From remote SOFTWARE: uTorrent 1.x http://secunia.com/product/13466/ DESCRIPTION: defsec has discovered a vulnerability in uTorrent, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing ".torrent" files and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted ".torrent" file with an overly long (greater than 4800 bytes) "announce" option. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code. The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.6 build 474. Other versions may also be affected. SOLUTION: Do not open untrusted .torrent files. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: defsec ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://milw0rm.com/exploits/3296 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------