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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-7178: Deluge: Remote execution of arbitrary code

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2017-7178: Deluge: Remote execution of arbitrary code

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/18/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
11/06/2017

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-p2p-deluge

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