[Bug 235014] New: CVE-2007-1799: ktorrent < 2.1.3 arbitrary file overwrite

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           Summary: CVE-2007-1799: ktorrent < 2.1.3 arbitrary file overwrite
           Product: Fedora Extras
           Version: fc6
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: medium
          Priority: medium
         Component: ktorrent
        AssignedTo: wolters.liste at gmx.net
        ReportedBy: ville.skytta at iki.fi
         QAContact: extras-qa at fedoraproject.org
                CC: fedora-security-list at redhat.com,rdieter at math.unl.edu


http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-1799

"Directory traversal vulnerability in torrent.cpp in KTorrent before 2.1.3 only
checks for the ".." string, which allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary
files via modified ".." sequences in a torrent filename, as demonstrated by
"../" sequences, due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-1384."

FC5, FC6, devel have 2.1.2 at the moment.

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