Mageia alert MGASA-2018-0230 (transmission)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2018-0230: Updated transmission packages fix a security vulnerability 
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Sat, 12 May 2018 08:28:57 +0200
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MGASA-2018-0230 - Updated transmission packages fix a security vulnerability

Publication date: 12 May 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0230.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2018-5702

Description:
Updated transmission packages fix security vulnerability:

Tavis Ormandy discovered a vulnerability in the Transmission BitTorrent client;
insecure RPC handling between the Transmission daemon and the client
interface(s) may result in the execution of arbitrary code if a user visits a
malicious website while Transmission is running (CVE-2018-5702).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22379
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4087
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5702

SRPMS:
- 6/core/transmission-2.92-3.1.mga6