Executive Summary

Summary
Title MiniUPnP vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-3562-1 First vendor Publication 2018-02-07
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2018-02-07
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.6 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 17.10 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

MiniUPnP could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description: - miniupnpc: UPnP IGD client lightweight library

Details:

It was discovered that MiniUPnP incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user running an application that uses the MiniUPnP library.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 17.10:
libminiupnpc10 1.9.20140610-4ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libminiupnpc10 1.9.20140610-2ubuntu2.16.04.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libminiupnpc8 1.6-3ubuntu2.14.04.4

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3562-1
CVE-2017-1000494

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/miniupnpc/1.9.20140610-4ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/miniupnpc/1.9.20140610-2ubuntu2.16.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/miniupnpc/1.6-3ubuntu2.14.04.4

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3562-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 9

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Date Informations
2018-02-07 21:20:26
  • First insertion