The remote host is missing an update for the 'transmission' package(s) announced via the USN-1584-1 advisory. Justin C. Klein Keane discovered that the Transmission web client incorrectly escaped certain strings. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted torrent file, an attacker could possibly exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 13 |
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![]() | CVE-2012-4037 | 15 Aug 201220:00 | – | cvelist |
![]() | Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : transmission (cve_2012_4037_xss_vulnerability) | 19 Jan 201500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : transmission vulnerability (USN-1584-1) | 27 Sep 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Transmission BitTorrent Cross Site Scripting | 28 Jul 201200:00 | – | packetstorm |
![]() | CVE-2012-4037 | 15 Aug 201200:00 | – | ubuntucve |
![]() | Transmission vulnerability | 26 Sep 201200:00 | – | ubuntu |
![]() | CVE-2012-4037 | 15 Aug 201220:55 | – | debiancve |
![]() | CVE-2012-4037 | 15 Aug 201220:55 | – | nvd |
![]() | Ubuntu Update for transmission USN-1584-1 | 27 Sep 201200:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | [USN-1584-1]Transmission vulnerability | 1 Oct 201200:00 | – | securityvulns |
Source | Link |
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ubuntu | www.ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1584-1 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841164");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-4037");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-09-27 03:37:45 +0000 (Thu, 27 Sep 2012)");
script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:04+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:04 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.6");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1584-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU12\.04\ LTS");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-1584-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1584-1");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'transmission' package(s) announced via the USN-1584-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Justin C. Klein Keane discovered that the Transmission web client
incorrectly escaped certain strings. If a user were tricked into opening a
specially crafted torrent file, an attacker could possibly exploit this to
conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'transmission' package(s) on Ubuntu 12.04.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "UBUNTU12.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"transmission-common", ver:"2.51-0ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU12.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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