Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-885-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
It was discovered that the Transmission web interface was vulnerable to cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted web page in a browser while Transmission was running, an attacker could trigger commands in Transmission. This issue affected Ubuntu 9.04. (CVE-2009-1757)
Dan Rosenberg discovered that Transmission did not properly perform input validation when processing torrent files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted torrent file, an attacker could overwrite files via directory traversal. (CVE-2010-0012)
Affected
transmission vulnerabilities on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 8.10 ,
Ubuntu 9.04 ,
Ubuntu 9.10
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-1757, CVE-2010-0012 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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