CVE-2012-6129

Publication date 31 December 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Stack-based buffer overflow in utp.cpp in libutp, as used in Transmission before 2.74 and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted "micro transport protocol packets."

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
transmission	12.10 quantal	Fixed 2.61-0ubuntu2.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2.51-0ubuntu1.3
	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 2.33-0ubuntu2.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

Notes

seth-arnold

transmission team may update patch based on how libutp upstream patches the issue

Patch details

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

Package	Patch details
transmission	Upstream: https://trac.transmissionbt.com/changeset/13646

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)