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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3533-1

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3533-1
Posted Jan 16, 2018
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 3533-1 - 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.

tags | advisory, arbitrary
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2018-5702
SHA-256 | acafefa36c4ffa9edf95a882b03d4dea109bd3bd0a12db6b101eb13462e2a07b

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3533-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3533-1
January 16, 2018

transmission vulnerability
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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 versions:

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

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3533-1
CVE-2018-5702

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/transmission/2.92-2ubuntu3.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/transmission/2.84-3ubuntu3.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/transmission/2.82-1.1ubuntu3.2
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