CVE-2018-5702 Affecting transmission-common package, versions <0:2.92-11.12.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.53% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-TRANSMISSIONCOMMON-1710307
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed15 Jan 2018

Introduced: 15 Jan 2018

CVE-2018-5702  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 transmission-common to version 0:2.92-11.12.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2018-950.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream transmission-common package and not the transmission-common package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.