CVE-2016-7164 — Improper Input Validation in Libtorrent-rasterbar

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation7 documents5 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 35.18%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Debian Libtorrent-rasterbarLibtorrent
Timeline
PublishedFeb 7
Latest updateMay 17

Description

The construct function in puff.cpp in Libtorrent 1.1.0 allows remote torrent trackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted GZIP response.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶debiandebian/libtorrent-rasterbar< libtorrent-rasterbar 1.1.1-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-rw6x-mqq5-jg2g: The construct function in puff↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-7164: The construct function in puff↗2017-02-07
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2016-7164: libtorrent-rasterbar - The construct function in puff.cpp in Libtorrent 1.1.0 allows remote torrent tra...↗2016
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-7164 libtorrent: Segmentation fault caused by malformed GZIP encoded response↗2016-09-08
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-7164 libtorrent: Segmentation fault caused by malformed GZIP encoded response [epel-all]↗2016-09-08
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-7164 libtorrent: Segmentation fault caused by malformed GZIP encoded response [fedora-all]↗2016-09-08
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