CVE-2010-0012

Publication date 8 January 2010

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
transmission 9.10 karmic
Fixed 1.75-0ubuntu2.2
9.04 jaunty
Fixed 1.51-0ubuntu3.1
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 1.34-0ubuntu2.3
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 1.06-0ubuntu6.1
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
transmission

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-885-1
    • Transmission vulnerabilities
    • 18 January 2010

Other references