1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-885-1

USN-885-1: Transmission vulnerabilities

Publication date

18 January 2010

Overview

Transmission vulnerabilities

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that the Transmission web interface was vulnerable to
cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. If a user were tricked into
opening a specially crafted web page in a browser while Transmission was
running, an attacker could trigger commands in Transmission. This issue
affected Ubuntu 9.04. (CVE-2009-1757)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that Transmission did not properly perform input
validation when processing torrent files. If a user were tricked into
opening a crafted torrent file, an attacker could overwrite files via
directory traversal. (CVE-2010-0012)

It was discovered that the Transmission web interface was vulnerable to
cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. If a user were tricked into
opening a specially crafted web page in a browser while Transmission was
running, an attacker could trigger commands in Transmission. This issue
affected Ubuntu 9.04. (CVE-2009-1757)

Dan Rosenberg discovered that Transmission did not properly perform input
validation when processing torrent files. If a user were tricked into
opening a crafted torrent file, an attacker could overwrite files via
directory traversal. (CVE-2010-0012)

Update instructions

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Transmission to effect 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
9.10 karmic transmission-gtk –  1.75-0ubuntu2.2
transmission-cli –  1.75-0ubuntu2.2
transmission-qt –  1.75-0ubuntu2.2
9.04 jaunty transmission-gtk –  1.51-0ubuntu3.1
transmission-cli –  1.51-0ubuntu3.1
8.10 intrepid transmission-gtk –  1.34-0ubuntu2.3
transmission-cli –  1.34-0ubuntu2.3
8.04 hardy transmission-gtk –  1.06-0ubuntu6.1
transmission-cli –  1.06-0ubuntu6.1

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