CVE-2008-0071 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published 16 Jun 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can crash the BitTorrent or uTorrent application by sending a malformed HTTP Range header to the Web UI.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2008-0071?

CVE-2008-0071 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Jun 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Web UI interface in (1) BitTorrent before 6.0.3 build 8642 and (2) uTorrent before 1.8beta build 10524 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an HTTP request with a malformed Range header.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0071?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Bittorrent Bittorrent, Utorrent Utorrent.

How do I fix CVE-2008-0071?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0071 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2008-0071 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-0071 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2crc-x37f-94vp.