Advisory Details

July 29th, 2015

BitTorrent Bootstrap Improper Indexing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2015-5685
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	BitTorrent
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Bootstrap
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['19725']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of BitTorrent Bootstrap. User interaction is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of arguments passed to the lazy_bdecode function. By sending a specific crafted packet an attacker can access data outside the bounds of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	BitTorrent has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://github.com/bittorrent/bootstrap-dht/commit/e809ea80e3527e32c40756eddd8b2ae44bc3af1a
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2015-04-13 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2015-07-29 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Team_LPJ@BoB

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