Transmissionbt Transmission up to 1.81 bitfield.c tr_bitfieldEnsureNthBitAlloced numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Transmissionbt Transmission up to 1.81. Affected by this vulnerability is the function tr_bitfieldEnsureNthBitAlloced of the file bitfield.c. The manipulation leads to numeric error. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-4909. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Transmissionbt Transmission up to 1.81. This issue affects the function tr_bitfieldEnsureNthBitAlloced of the file bitfield.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in the tr_bitfieldEnsureNthBitAlloced function in bitfield.c in Transmission before 2.84 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted peer message, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.

The weakness was shared 07/29/2014 by Ben Hawkes (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at twitter.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-4909 since 07/11/2014. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77128 (openSUSE Security Update : transmission (openSUSE-SU-2014:0980-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 122417 (Fedora Security Update for transmission (FEDORA-2014-8331)).

Upgrading to version 1.82 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (94453), Tenable (77128), SecurityFocus (BID 68487†), OSVDB (108997†) and Secunia (SA59897†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

• Transmissionbt

Name

• Transmission

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
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• 1.73
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• 1.76
• 1.77
• 1.78
• 1.79
• 1.80
• 1.81

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 77128
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : transmission (openSUSE-SU-2014:0980-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 702988
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2988-1 (transmission - security update)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Transmission 1.82

Timelineinfo

07/10/2014 🔍
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08/12/2014 +13 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: USN-2279-1
Researcher: Ben Hawkes
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-4909 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4909
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-70499

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X-Force: 94453
SecurityFocus: 68487 - Transmission Out of Bounds Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 59897 - Transmission "tr_bitfieldEnsureNthBitAlloced()" Integer Overflow Denial of Servi, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 108997
Vulnerability Center: 45644 - Transmission Before 2.84 Remote DoS and Code Execution Vulnerability due to Integer Overflow in bitfield.c, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2015 12:07
Updated: 12/15/2024 09:55
Changes: 03/26/2015 12:07 (71), 06/03/2017 07:37 (7), 03/26/2022 11:22 (3), 03/26/2022 11:29 (1), 12/15/2024 09:55 (25)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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