Upstream information

CVE-2019-13640 at MITRE

Description

In qBittorrent before 4.1.7, the function Application::runExternalProgram() located in app/application.cpp allows command injection via shell metacharacters in the torrent name parameter or current tracker parameter, as demonstrated by remote command execution via a crafted name within an RSS feed.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having critical severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 9.8
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1141967 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1
  • qbittorrent >= 4.1.5-bp151.3.3.1
  • qbittorrent-nox >= 4.1.5-bp151.3.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2019-2024
openSUSE Leap 15.1
  • qbittorrent >= 4.1.5-lp151.2.3.1
  • qbittorrent-nox >= 4.1.5-lp151.2.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2019-2005

Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1 qbittorrent Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Jul 18 04:53:27 2019
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 11 16:09:20 2025