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>> BitTorrent WebUI HTTP "Range" Header Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Title : BitTorrent WebUI HTTP "Range" Header Denial of Service Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0326
CVE ID : GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-01-31
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A vulnerability has been identified in BitTorrent, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the WebUI when processing a large number of HTTP requests with a malformed "Range" header, which could be exploited to cause a vulnerable client to crash, creating a denial of service condition.
Affected Products
BitTorrent version 6.0.1 (build 7859) and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0326
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ruttorrent2-adv.txt
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Luigi Auriemma.
ChangeLog
2008-01-31 : Initial release
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