CVE-2012-4037

Publication date 15 August 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web client in Transmission before 2.61 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) comment, (2) created by, or (3) name field in a torrent file.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
transmission	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2.51-0ubuntu1.1
	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	11.04 natty	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

can't reproduce in oneiric and earlier

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
transmission	Upstream: https://trac.transmissionbt.com/changeset/13392 Vendor: http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/transmission/2.52-3/fix_xss_web_client.patch

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1584-1
Transmission vulnerability
26 September 2012