USN-3533-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3533-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3533-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-3533-1
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Published
2018-01-16T20:13:09.235726Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:34:34Z
Summary
transmission vulnerability
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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / transmission

Package

Name
transmission
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/transmission@2.82-1.1ubuntu3.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.82-1.1ubuntu3.2

Affected versions

2.*

2.82-0ubuntu1
2.82-1ubuntu1
2.82-1.1ubuntu1
2.82-1.1ubuntu3
2.82-1.1ubuntu3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "transmission",
            "binary_version": "2.82-1.1ubuntu3.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "transmission-cli",
            "binary_version": "2.82-1.1ubuntu3.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "transmission-common",
            "binary_version": "2.82-1.1ubuntu3.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "transmission-daemon",
            "binary_version": "2.82-1.1ubuntu3.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "transmission-gtk",
            "binary_version": "2.82-1.1ubuntu3.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "transmission-qt",
            "binary_version": "2.82-1.1ubuntu3.2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3533-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-5702",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / transmission

Package

Name
transmission
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/transmission@2.84-3ubuntu3.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.84-3ubuntu3.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.84-1ubuntu1
2.84-2
2.84-3
2.84-3ubuntu1
2.84-3ubuntu2
2.84-3ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "transmission",
            "binary_version": "2.84-3ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "transmission-cli",
            "binary_version": "2.84-3ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "transmission-common",
            "binary_version": "2.84-3ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "transmission-daemon",
            "binary_version": "2.84-3ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "transmission-gtk",
            "binary_version": "2.84-3ubuntu3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "transmission-qt",
            "binary_version": "2.84-3ubuntu3.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3533-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-5702",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}