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Debian: CVE-2019-13640: qbittorrent -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2019-13640: qbittorrent -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/17/2019
Created
04/07/2020
Added
04/06/2020
Modified
04/06/2020

Description

In qBittorrent before 4.1.7, the function Application::runExternalProgram() located in app/application.cpp allows command injection via shell metacharacters in the torrent name parameter or current tracker parameter, as demonstrated by remote command execution via a crafted name within an RSS feed.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-qbittorrent

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