UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7178

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7178

    Published: 18 Mar 2017Last Modified: 4 Nov 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-7178
    Aliases:
    USN-8979-1

    Summary:

    Details: CSRF was discovered in the web UI in Deluge before 1.3.14. The exploitation methodology involves (1) hosting a crafted plugin that executes an arbitrary program from its __init__.py file and (2) causing the victim to download, install, and enable this plugin.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7178, http://git.deluge-torrent.org/deluge/commit/?h=1.3-stable&id=318ab179865e0707d7945edc3a13a464a108d583, http://dev.deluge-torrent.org/wiki/ReleaseNotes/1.3.14, http://git.deluge-torrent.org/deluge/commit/?h=develop&id=11e8957deaf0c76fdfbac62d99c8b6c61cfdddf9, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/6, https://bugs.debian.org/857903, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7178, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8979-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: deluge

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/deluge?arch=source&distro=esm-apps-legacy%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.3.12-1ubuntu1+esm1

    Affected versions

    1.3.12-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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