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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3736-1                   security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Sebastien Delafond
December 16, 2016                     https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : libupnp
CVE ID         : CVE-2016-6255 CVE-2016-8863
Debian Bug     : 831857 842093

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in libupnp, a portable SDK for
UPnP devices.

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/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-3736-1: libupnp security update

December 16, 2016
Two vulnerabilities were discovered in libupnp, a portable SDK for UPnP devices

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/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Severity
Two vulnerabilities were discovered in libupnp, a portable SDK for
UPnP devices.

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