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Gentoo: GLSA-201701-41 Normal: MiniUPnPc Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey January 17, 2017
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Gentoo Linux Advisory GLSA 202303-22 highlights a vulnerability in OpenSSH that can lead to unauthorized code execution via crafted requests.
A buffer overflow in MiniUPnPc might allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo buffer overflow normal severity miniupnpc

Resolution

All MiniUPnPc users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=net-libs/miniupnpc-1.9.20150427"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3985 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3985

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-41
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: MiniUPnPc: Buffer overflow
Date: January 17, 2017
Bugs: #512666
ID: 201701-41

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo buffer overflow normal severity miniupnpc

Synopsis

A buffer overflow in MiniUPnPc might allow remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

UPnP client library and a simple UPnP client.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-libs/miniupnpc < 1.9.20150427 >= 1.9.20150427

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.