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Debian: DSA-2988-1 Critical: Transmission DoS and Code Execution

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Calendar Grey July 24, 2014
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Stay informed about the latest Transmission security patch that tackles a significant vulnerability resulting in potential denial of service or unauthorized code execution.
Ben Hawkes discovered that incorrect handling of peer messages in the Transmission bittorrent client could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code
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Summary

Ben Hawkes discovered that incorrect handling of peer messages in the
Transmission bittorrent client could result in denial of service or the
execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.52-3+nmu2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your transmission packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: transmission
CVE ID: CVE-2014-4909

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