CVE-2012-6129

Summary

CVECVE-2012-6129
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-04-03 00:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionStack-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."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.10 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 16 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.1 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.2 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.3 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.4 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.5 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.6 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.6.1 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.70 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.71 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.72 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.80 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.81 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.82 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.90 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.91 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.92 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.93 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.94 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.95 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.96 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.00 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.01 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.02 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.03 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.04 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.05 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.06 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.10 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.11 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.2 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.20 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.21 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.22 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.30 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.31 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.32 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.33 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.34 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.40 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.41 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.42 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.50 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.51 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.52 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.53 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.54 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.60 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.61 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.70 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.71 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.72 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.73 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.74 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.75 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.76 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.77 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.80 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.81 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.82 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.83 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.90 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.91 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.92 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.93 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.00 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.01 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.02 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.03 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.04 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.10 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.11 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.12 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.13 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.20 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.21 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.22 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.30 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.31 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.32 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.33 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.40 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.41 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.42 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.50 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.51 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.52 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.60 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.61 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.70 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.71 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.72 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-1747-1: Transmission vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: Transmission can be made to crash remotely af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
openSUSE-SU-2013:0485-1: moderate: transmission: fixed remote denial of af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
909934 – (CVE-2012-6129) CVE-2012-6129 transmission: Stack-based buffer overflow (DoS) when processing acknowledgements af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
#5002 (crash in UTP_ProcessIncoming()) – Transmission af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.transmissionbt.com
Changeset 13646 – Transmission af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.transmissionbt.com Exploit, Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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