MGASA-2020-0270 - Updated libupnp packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 04 Jul 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0270.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2020-13848

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability:

Portable UPnP SDK (aka libupnp) 1.12.1 and earlier allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted SSDP
message due to a NULL pointer dereference in the functions
FindServiceControlURLPath and FindServiceEventURLPath in
genlib/service_table/service_table.c. (CVE-2020-13848)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26752
- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2020/dla-2238
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-13848

SRPMS:
- 7/core/libupnp-1.8.4-3.1.mga7

Mageia 2020-0270: libupnp security update

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability: Portable UPnP SDK (aka libupnp) 1.12.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted SS...

Summary

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability:
Portable UPnP SDK (aka libupnp) 1.12.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted SSDP message due to a NULL pointer dereference in the functions FindServiceControlURLPath and FindServiceEventURLPath in genlib/service_table/service_table.c. (CVE-2020-13848)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26752

- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2020/dla-2238

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-13848

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0270 - Updated libupnp packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/libupnp-1.8.4-3.1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 04 Jul 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0270.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-13848

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