Cross-site request forgery in Debian Linux - CVE-2017-7178
Published: March 18, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU39437
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7178
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Debian
Affected software:
Debian Linux
Debian Linux
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
CSRF was discovered in the web UI in Deluge before 1.3.14. The exploitation methodology involves (1) hosting a crafted plugin that executes an arbitrary program from its __init__.py file and (2) causing the victim to download, install, and enable this plugin.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-7178
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://dev.deluge-torrent.org/wiki/ReleaseNotes/1.3.14
- http://git.deluge-torrent.org/deluge/commit/?h=1.3-stable&id=318ab179865e0707d7945edc3a13a464a108d583
- http://git.deluge-torrent.org/deluge/commit/?h=develop&id=11e8957deaf0c76fdfbac62d99c8b6c61cfdddf9
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Mar/6
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3856
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97041
- https://bugs.debian.org/857903
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201703-06