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title: "CVE-2009-1760\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-1760

Publication date 11 June 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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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 src/torrent\_info.cpp in Rasterbar
libtorrent before 0.14.4, as used in firetorrent, qBittorrent, deluge
Torrent, and other applications, allows remote attackers to create or
overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) and partial relative pathname
in a Multiple File Mode list element in a .torrent file.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libtorrent-rasterbar | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1760)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1760)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-1760)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1760)

### Other references

* <http://census-labs.com/news/2009/06/08/libtorrent-rasterbar/>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1760>