GLSA Advocate
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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2018 2:26 am Post subject: [ GLSA 201806-07 ] Transmission |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: Transmission: Remote code execution (GLSA 201806-07)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: 2018-06-20
Bug(s): #644406
ID: 201806-07
Synopsis
A vulnerability in Transmission could allow a remote attacker to
execute arbitrary RPC commands.
Background
Transmission is a cross-platform BitTorrent client.
Affected Packages
Package: net-p2p/transmission
Vulnerable: < 2.93
Unaffected: >= 2.93
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
A vulnerability was discovered in how Transmission handles access
control through the X-Transmission-Session-Id.
Impact
A remote attacker could execute arbitrary RFC commands or consequently
conduct a DNS rebinding attack.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Transmission users should upgrade to the latest version: Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-p2p/transmission-"
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References
CVE-2018-5702 |
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