Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-1747-1

USN-1747-1: Transmission vulnerability

Publication date

25 February 2013

Overview

Transmission could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Releases

12.10 12.04 11.10

Packages

transmission - lightweight BitTorrent client

Details

It was discovered that Transmission incorrectly handled certain micro
transport protocol packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart Transmission to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release	Package Version
12.10 quantal	transmission-common – 2.61-0ubuntu2.2
12.04 precise	transmission-common – 2.51-0ubuntu1.3
11.10 oneiric	transmission-common – 2.33-0ubuntu2.1

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References

CVE-2012-6129

CVE-2012-6129