Back Linuxsecurity Ubuntu 26.04 Transmission Important Clickjacking Threat USN-8404
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 26.04 LTS - Ubuntu 25.10 - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Summary: Transmission could allow unintended actions if a user visited a malicious website. Software Description: - transmission: lightweight BitTorrent client Details: It was discovered that Transmission had a clickjacking weakness in the browser-facing WebUI and RPC response paths. An attacker could possibly use this issue to trick users into performing unintended actions.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS transmission 4.1.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 transmission-daemon 4.1.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 25.10 transmission 4.1.0~beta2+dfsg-3ubuntu1.1 transmission-daemon 4.1.0~beta2+dfsg-3ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS transmission 4.0.5-1ubuntu0.1 transmission-daemon 4.0.5-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS transmission 3.00-2ubuntu2.2 transmission-daemon 3.00-2ubuntu2.2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8404-1
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