Gentoo: GLSA-201806-07 Moderate: Transmission Remote Execution Issue
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June 20, 2018
A vulnerability in Transmission could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary RPC commands.
Summary
A vulnerability was discovered in how Transmission handles access control through the X-Transmission-Session-Id.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All Transmission users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-p2p/transmission-"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2018-5702 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5702
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-07
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: Normal
Title: Transmission: Remote code execution
Date: June 20, 2018
Bugs: #644406
ID: 201806-07
Topics Covered
Background
Transmission is a cross-platform BitTorrent client.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-p2p/transmission < 2.93 >= 2.93
Impact
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A remote attacker could execute arbitrary RFC commands or consequently
conduct a DNS rebinding attack.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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