USN-711-1: KTorrent vulnerabilities

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USN-711-1: KTorrent vulnerabilities

Referenced CVEs:
CVE-2008-5905, CVE-2008-5906

Description:
===========================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-711-1 January 26, 2009ktorrent vulnerabilitiesCVE-2008-5905, CVE-2008-5906===========================================================A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:Ubuntu 7.10Ubuntu 8.04 LTSUbuntu 8.10This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions ofKubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to thefollowing package versions:Ubuntu 7.10: ktorrent 2.2.1-0ubuntu3.1Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: ktorrent 2.2.5-0ubuntu1.1Ubuntu 8.10: ktorrent 3.1.2+dfsg.1-0ubuntu2.1After a standard system upgrade you need to restart KTorrent to effectthe necessary changes.Details follow:It was discovered that KTorrent did not properly restrict access when using theweb interface plugin. A remote attacker could use a crafted http request andupload arbitrary torrent files to trigger the start of downloads and seeding.(CVE-2008-5905)It was discovered that KTorrent did not properly handle certain parameters whenusing the web interface plugin. A remote attacker could use crafted httprequests to execute arbitrary PHP code. (CVE-2008-5906)

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mlib_SignalALaw2uLaw(3MLIB) mediaLib Library Functions mlib_SignalALaw2uLaw(3MLIB) NAME
mlib_SignalALaw2uLaw - ITU G.711 m-law and A-law compression and decompression SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -lmlib [ library... ] #include <mlib.h> mlib_status mlib_SignalALaw2uLaw(mlib_u8 *ucode, const mlib_u8 *acode, mlib_s32 n); DESCRIPTION
The mlib_SignalALaw2uLaw() function performs ITU G.711 m-law and A-law compression and decompression in compliance with the ITU (Former CCITT) G.711 specification. PARAMETERS
The function takes the following arguments: ucode m-law code array. acode A-law code array. n Number of samples in the source array. RETURN VALUES
The function returns MLIB_SUCCESS if successful. Otherwise it returns MLIB_FAILURE. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Evolving | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |MT-Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
mlib_SignalALaw2Linear(3MLIB), mlib_SignalLinear2ALaw(3MLIB), mlib_SignalLinear2uLaw(3MLIB), mlib_SignaluLaw2ALaw(3MLIB), mlib_Signalu- Law2Linear(3MLIB), attributes(5) SunOS 5.10 9 Nov 2004 mlib_SignalALaw2uLaw(3MLIB)

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