Transmissionbt Transmission up to 2.72 utp.cpp memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Transmissionbt Transmission up to 2.72. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the file utp.cpp. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Stack-based buffer overflow in utp.cpp in libutp, as used in Transmission before 2.74 and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted "micro transport protocol packets."

The weakness was presented 04/02/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at trac.transmissionbt.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-6129 since 12/06/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74927 (openSUSE Security Update : transmission (openSUSE-SU-2013:0485-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 2.73 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (74927).

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 74927
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : transmission (openSUSE-SU-2013:0485-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 841346
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for transmission USN-1747-1
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Transmission 2.73

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09/18/2012 🔍
12/06/2012 +79 days 🔍
03/28/2013 +112 days 🔍
04/02/2013 +5 days 🔍
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06/13/2014 +437 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +284 days 🔍
01/01/2022 +2475 days 🔍

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Advisory: USN-1747-1
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2012-6129 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 38936 - Transmission \x27UTP_ProcessIncoming()\x27 Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Allows Remote DoS, Medium

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Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 01/01/2022 22:28
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (63), 04/26/2017 17:55 (2), 01/01/2022 22:14 (3), 01/01/2022 22:28 (1)
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