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Debian: DSA-3736-1 Critical: Libupnp Heap Overflow and Access Issue

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Calendar Grey December 16, 2016
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Severe buffer overflow and filesystem write exploit discovered in libupnp on Debian stable. Immediate upgrade recommended for security.
Two vulnerabilities were discovered in libupnp, a portable SDK for UPnP devices
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Summary

CVE-2016-6255

Matthew Garret discovered that libupnp by default allows any user to
write to the filesystem of the host running a libupnp-based server
application.

CVE-2016-8863

Scott Tenaglia discovered a heap buffer overflow vulnerability, that
can lead to denial of service or remote code execution.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 1:1.6.19+git20141001-1+deb8u1.

For the testing (stretch) and unstable (sid) distributions, these
problems have been fixed in version 1:1.6.19+git20160116-1.2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libupnp packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: libupnp
CVE ID: CVE-2016-6255 CVE-2016-8863

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