Description
Transmission before 1.92 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly have other unspecified impact via a large number of tr arguments in a magnet link.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| transmission | transmission | before 1.92 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | transmission | 1.92-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | transmission | 1.92-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | transmission | 1.92-1 | — |
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-0748
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-0748
- https://trac.transmissionbt.com/ticket/2965
- https://github.com/transmission/transmission/wiki/Release-Notes#transmission-192-20100314
- [oss-security] 20100401 Re: CVE Request -- Transmission v1.92 mailing-list