| Name | CVE-2019-13640 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-4650-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 932539 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| qbittorrent (PTS) | jessie | 3.1.10-1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 3.3.7-3+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 4.1.5-1+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 4.2.5-0.1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 4.5.2-3+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 5.0.2-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| qbittorrent | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| qbittorrent | source | jessie | (not affected) | |||
| qbittorrent | source | stretch | 3.3.7-3+deb9u1 | DSA-4650-1 | ||
| qbittorrent | source | buster | 4.1.5-1+deb10u1 | DSA-4650-1 | ||
| qbittorrent | source | (unstable) | 4.1.7-1 | 932539 |
[jessie] - qbittorrent <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present in 3.1.x series)
https://github.com/qbittorrent/qBittorrent/issues/10925