USN-3533-1: Transmission vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3533-1
16th January, 2018
transmission vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Transmission could be made to run arbitraty code.
Software description
- transmission - lightweight BitTorrent client
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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 17.10:
- transmission 2.92-2ubuntu3.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
- transmission 2.84-3ubuntu3.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
- transmission 2.82-1.1ubuntu3.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/2DFvzc2