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title: "CVE-2008-0646\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-0646

Publication date 7 February 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

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

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## Description

The bdecode\_recursive function in include/libtorrent/bencode.hpp in
Rasterbar Software libtorrent before 0.12.1, as used in Deluge before
0.5.8.3 and other products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a
denial of service (stack exhaustion and crash) via a crafted bencoded
message.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-0646?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| deluge | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.10 edgy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| deluge-torrent | 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.10 edgy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| libtorrent | 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not affected |
| 7.04 feisty | Not affected |
| 6.10 edgy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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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)

## Notes

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### [fujitsu](https://launchpad.net/~fujitsu)

Vulnerable code not present in libtorrent 0.11.

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0646)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0646)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-0646)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0646)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0646>