| Name | CVE-2018-5702 |
| Description | Transmission through 2.92 relies on X-Transmission-Session-Id (which is not a forbidden header for Fetch) for access control, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary RPC commands, and consequently write to arbitrary files, via POST requests to /transmission/rpc in conjunction with a DNS rebinding attack. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1246-1, DSA-4087-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 886990 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| transmission (PTS) | bullseye | 3.00-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.00-2.1+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 4.0.6+dfsg-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| transmission | source | wheezy | 2.52-3+nmu3 | DLA-1246-1 | ||
| transmission | source | jessie | 2.84-0.2+deb8u1 | DSA-4087-1 | ||
| transmission | source | stretch | 2.92-2+deb9u1 | DSA-4087-1 | ||
| transmission | source | (unstable) | 2.92-3 | 886990 |
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/01/12/1
https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/468
Proposed patch: https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/transmission/transmission/pull/468.diff
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1447