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HistoryJan 17, 2017 - 12:00 a.m.

MiniUPnPc: Buffer overflow

2017-01-1700:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
42

5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

0.006 Low

EPSS

Percentile

78.6%

Background

UPnP client library and a simple UPnP client.

Description

An out-of-bounds read was discovered in the getHTTPResponse function in miniwget.c in MiniUPnPc.

Impact

Remote attackers, through specially crafted headers, could cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All MiniUPnPc users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/miniupnpc-1.9.20150427"
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyallnet-libs/miniupnpc< 1.9.20150427UNKNOWN

5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

0.006 Low

EPSS

Percentile

78.6%