metadata/glsa/glsa-202007-07.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202007-07">
  <title>Transmission: Remote code execution</title>
  <synopsis>A use-after-free possibly allowing remote execution of code was
    discovered in Transmission.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">transmission</product>
  <announced>2020-07-26</announced>
  <revised count="1">2020-07-26</revised>
  <bug>723258</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-p2p/transmission" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">3.00</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">3.00</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Transmission is a cross-platform BitTorrent client.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Transmission mishandles some memory management which may allow
      manipulation of the heap.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted
      torrent file using Transmission, possibly resulting in execution of
      arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service
      condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Transmission users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-p2p/transmission-3.00"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10756">CVE-2018-10756</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-06-20T02:12:52Z">sam_c</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-07-26T23:30:38Z">sam_c</metadata>
</glsa>