CVE-2010-0012 Information

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.

Reference

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