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>> BitTorrent Web UI HTTP "Range" Header Denial of Service Issue
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Title : BitTorrent Web UI HTTP "Range" Header Denial of Service Issue
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1809
CVE ID : CVE-2008-0071
CWE ID : CWE-19
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-06-11
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A vulnerability has been identified in BitTorrent, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an error in the Web UI interface (disabled by default) when handling HTTP requests with a malformed "Range" header, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash a vulnerable application, creating a denial of service condition.
Affected Products
BitTorrent version 6.0.1 (build 7859) and prior
Solution
Upgrade to BitTorrent version 6.0.3 (build 8642).
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1809
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-7/advisory
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Dyon Balding (Secunia Research).
ChangeLog
2008-06-11 : Initial release
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