Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.702988
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2988-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'transmission' package(s) announced via the DSA-2988-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'transmission' package(s) announced via the DSA-2988-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Ben Hawkes discovered that incorrect handling of peer messages in the Transmission bittorrent client could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code. For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.52-3+nmu2. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your transmission packages. Affected Software/OS: 'transmission' package(s) on Debian 7. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-4909 BugTraq ID: 68487 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68487 Debian Security Information: DSA-2988 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2988 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135539.html http://inertiawar.com/submission.go https://twitter.com/benhawkes/statuses/484378151959539712 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://secunia.com/advisories/59897 http://secunia.com/advisories/60108 http://secunia.com/advisories/60527 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:0980 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00011.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2279-1
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