1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3533-1

USN-3533-1: Transmission vulnerability

Publication date

16 January 2018

Overview

Transmission could be made to run arbitraty code.

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that Transmission incorrectly handled certain POST requests to
the RPC server and allowed DNS rebinding attack. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that Transmission incorrectly handled certain POST requests to
the RPC server and allowed DNS rebinding attack. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will 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
17.10 artful transmission –  2.92-2ubuntu3.1
16.04 xenial transmission –  2.84-3ubuntu3.1
14.04 trusty transmission –  2.82-1.1ubuntu3.2

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