CVE-2010-0748 Denial of service in transmission

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

An attacker can crash the Transmission BitTorrent client by sending a magnet link with an excessive number of arguments.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2010-0748?

CVE-2010-0748 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 30 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Transmission before 1.92 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly have other unspecified impact via a large number of tr arguments in a magnet link.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0748?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Transmissionbt Transmission.

How do I fix CVE-2010-0748?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2010-0748 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0748 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0748, GHSA-jrcg-7q72-h8cw.

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