vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-4790-1 (CVE-2016-5301): libtorrent vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jun 30, 2016 | Mar 22, 2023 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 30, 2016
Added
Mar 22, 2023
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
Description
It was discovered that libtorrent incorrectly handled chunked headers.
A remote attacker could possibly use this to cause a crash resulting in a
denial of service.
Solutions
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libtorrent-rasterbar7ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libtorrent-rasterbar8ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python-libtorrentubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-libtorrent
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