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GLSA-201006-06 : Transmission: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 46773

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201006-06 (Transmission: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the tr_magnetParse() function in libtransmission/magnet.c have been discovered.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted magnet URL with a large number of tr or ws links.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Transmission users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-p2p/transmission-1.92'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201006-06

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 46773

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201006-06.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Published: 6/2/2010

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:transmission, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1853

GLSA: 201006-06