CVE-2014-4909

Description

Integer overflow in the tr_bitfieldEnsureNthBitAlloced function in bitfield.c in Transmission before 2.84 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted peer message, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.

References

https://twitter.com/benhawkes/statuses/484378151959539712

https://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/Changes#version-2.84

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118290

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516822

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2279-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68487

http://www.osvdb.org/108997

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/11/5

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/10/4

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2988

http://secunia.com/advisories/60527

http://secunia.com/advisories/60108

http://secunia.com/advisories/59897

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00011.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135539.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3