Vulnerability CVE-2010-0012
Published: 2010-01-08   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Directory traversal vulnerability in libtransmission/metainfo.c in Transmission 1.22, 1.34, 1.75, and 1.76 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname within a .torrent file.

Type:

CWE-22

 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Transmissionbt -> Transmission 

 References:
https://launchpad.net/bugs/500625
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/55454
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0071
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/06/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/01/06/2
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-devel-changes@lists.debian.org/msg264483.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1967
http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/Changes#version-1.77
http://trac.transmissionbt.com/changeset/9829/
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/transmission/transmission_1.22-1+lenny2.diff.gz
http://secunia.com/advisories/38005
http://secunia.com/advisories/37993
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
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