Debian Security Advisory

DLA-1246-1 transmission -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

18 Jan 2018

Affected Packages:

transmission

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 886990.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-5702.

More information:

Tavis Ormandy discovered a vulnerability in the Transmission BitTorrent client; insecure RPC handling between the Transmission daemon and the client interface(s) may result in the execution of arbitrary code if a user visits a malicious website while Transmission is running.

For Debian 7 Wheezy, these problems have been fixed in version 2.52-3+nmu3.

We recommend that you upgrade your transmission packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS