Bug 1731074 (CVE-2019-13640)

Summary: CVE-2019-13640 qbittorrent: command injection in function Application::runExternalProgram() in app/application.cpp
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Dhananjay Arunesh <darunesh>
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Fixed In Version: qBittorrent 4.1.7 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Description Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-07-18 09:43:42 UTC
A vulnerability was discovered 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.

Reference:
https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/10925

Comment 1 Dhananjay Arunesh 2019-07-18 09:43:59 UTC
Created qbittorrent tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1731076]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1731075]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-07-18 21:07:06 UTC
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.