{"id":"MGASA-2019-0379","summary":"Updated qbittorrent packages fix security vulnerability","details":"In qBittorrent before 4.1.7, the function Application::runExternalProgram()\nlocated in app/application.cpp allows command injection via shell\nmetacharacters in the torrent name parameter or current tracker parameter, as\ndemonstrated by remote command execution via a crafted name within an RSS feed\n(CVE-2019-13640).\n\nThe qbittorrent package has been updated to version 4.1.9.1, fixing this issue\nand several others.\n","modified":"2026-04-16T04:42:30.546436204Z","published":"2019-12-13T18:25:24Z","upstream":["CVE-2019-13640"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0379.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25507"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.qbittorrent.org/news.php"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2019-08/msg00195.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"qbittorrent","ecosystem":"Mageia:7","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/qbittorrent?arch=source&distro=mageia-7"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.1.9.1-1.mga7"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0379.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}