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title: "CVE-2007-1799\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-1799

Publication date 2 April 2007

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ktorrent | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2.1-0ubuntu2.1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2.0.3+dfsg1-0ubuntu1.2 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.2-0ubuntu5.2 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1799)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1799)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-1799)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-1799)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-436-2](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-436-2)
+ KTorrent vulnerability
+ 18 May 2007

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-1799>