CVE-2014-4909

Impact

Integer overflow in the tr_bitfieldEnsureNthBitAlloced function in bitfield.c in Transmission before 2.84 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted peer message, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://inertiawar.com/submission.go
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135539.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00011.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59897
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60108
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60527
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2988
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/10/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/11/5
• http://www.osvdb.org/108997
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68487
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2279-1
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516822
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118290
• https://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/Changes#version-2.84
• https://twitter.com/benhawkes/statuses/484378151959539712
• http://inertiawar.com/submission.go
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135539.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00011.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59897
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60108
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60527
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2988
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/10/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/11/5