ubuntu-cve-2018-5702
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-01-15 00:00
Modified
2025-09-08 16:44
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.

Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "transmission",
            "binary_version": "2.82-1.1ubuntu3.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "transmission-cli",
            "binary_version": "2.82-1.1ubuntu3.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "transmission-common",
            "binary_version": "2.82-1.1ubuntu3.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "transmission-daemon",
            "binary_version": "2.82-1.1ubuntu3.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "transmission-gtk",
            "binary_version": "2.82-1.1ubuntu3.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "transmission-qt",
            "binary_version": "2.82-1.1ubuntu3.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "transmission",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/transmission@2.82-1.1ubuntu3.2?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.82-0ubuntu1",
        "2.82-1ubuntu1",
        "2.82-1.1ubuntu1",
        "2.82-1.1ubuntu3",
        "2.82-1.1ubuntu3.1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "transmission",
            "binary_version": "2.84-3ubuntu3.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "transmission-cli",
            "binary_version": "2.84-3ubuntu3.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "transmission-common",
            "binary_version": "2.84-3ubuntu3.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "transmission-daemon",
            "binary_version": "2.84-3ubuntu3.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "transmission-gtk",
            "binary_version": "2.84-3ubuntu3.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "transmission-qt",
            "binary_version": "2.84-3ubuntu3.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "transmission",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/transmission@2.84-3ubuntu3.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.84-3ubuntu3.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.84-1ubuntu1",
        "2.84-2",
        "2.84-3",
        "2.84-3ubuntu1",
        "2.84-3ubuntu2",
        "2.84-3ubuntu3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5702",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:44:44Z",
  "published": "2018-01-15T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5702"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/01/12/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/transmission/transmission/pull/468"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1447"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://twitter.com/taviso/status/951526615145566208"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3533-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5702"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-3533-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-5702"
  ]
}



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