USN-2279-1

Ben Hawkes discovered that Transmission incorrectly handled certain peer messages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / transmission

Package

Name: transmission
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/transmission@2.82-1.1ubuntu3.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.82-1.1ubuntu3.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.82-0ubuntu1

2.82-1ubuntu1

2.82-1.1ubuntu1

2.82-1.1ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "transmission",
            "binary_version": "2.82-1.1ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "transmission-cli",
            "binary_version": "2.82-1.1ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "transmission-common",
            "binary_version": "2.82-1.1ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "transmission-daemon",
            "binary_version": "2.82-1.1ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "transmission-gtk",
            "binary_version": "2.82-1.1ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "transmission-qt",
            "binary_version": "2.82-1.1ubuntu3.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2014-4909",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2279-1.json"