Format string vulnerability in the AbstractCommand::onAbort function in src/AbstractCommand.cc in aria2 before 1.6.2, when logging is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via format string specifiers in a download URI. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3617
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529342
• https://fedorahosted.org/rel-eng/ticket/2495
• http://aria2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/aria2/trunk/NEWS?revision=1586
• http://aria2.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/aria2/trunk/src/AbstractCommand.cc?r1=1539&r2=1572
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125568632528906&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125572053420493&w=2
• http://osvdb.org/59087
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31732
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2960