UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5702

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5702

    Published: 15 Jan 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-5702
    Aliases:
    USN-3533-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5702, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/01/12/1, https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/468, https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1447, https://twitter.com/taviso/status/951526615145566208, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3533-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5702

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: transmission

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.82-1.1ubuntu3.2

    Affected versions

    2.82-0ubuntu1

    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