Mageia alert MGASA-2013-0074 (transmission)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2013-0074: transmission-2.51-1.3.mga2
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Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:12:58 +0100
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MGASA-2013-0074
Date: 	February 27nd, 2013
Affected releases: 	2
Media: 	Core


Description:
Updated transmission packages fix security vulnerability:

It was discovered that Transmission incorrectly handled certain micro
transport protocol packets. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code
(CVE-2012-6129).


Updated Packages:
i586:
transmission-cli-2.51-1.3.mga2.i586.rpm
transmission-common-2.51-1.3.mga2.i586.rpm
transmission-daemon-2.51-1.3.mga2.i586.rpm
transmission-gtk-2.51-1.3.mga2.i586.rpm
transmission-qt4-2.51-1.3.mga2.i586.rpm
transmission-debug-2.51-1.3.mga2.i586.rpm

x86_64:
transmission-cli-2.51-1.3.mga2.x86_64.rpm
transmission-common-2.51-1.3.mga2.x86_64.rpm
transmission-daemon-2.51-1.3.mga2.x86_64.rpm
transmission-gtk-2.51-1.3.mga2.x86_64.rpm
transmission-qt4-2.51-1.3.mga2.x86_64.rpm
transmission-debug-2.51-1.3.mga2.x86_64.rpm

SRPMS:
transmission-2.51-1.3.mga2.src.rpm


References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-6129
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1747-1/
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9180
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-...