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>> uTorrent "announce" URL Handling Buffer Overflow and Code Execution Vulnerability
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Title : uTorrent "announce" URL Handling Buffer Overflow and Code Execution Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-0571
CVE ID : CVE-2007-0927
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-02-13
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A vulnerability has been identified in uTorrent, which could be exploited by attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This issue is due to a buffer overflow error when handling a "torrent" file containing an overly long "announce" URL, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted torrent file or visiting a malicious web page.
Affected Products
uTorrent version 1.6 build 474 and prior
Solution
Upgrade to uTorrent version 1.6.1 build 488 :
http://download.utorrent.com/1.6.1/utorrent.exe
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0571
http://download.utorrent.com/1.6.1/utorrent-1.6.1.txt
Credits
Vulnerability reported by defsec
ChangeLog
2007-02-13 : Initial release
2007-02-13 : Updated Solution
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