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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: USN-2280-2 Critical MiniUPnPc RCE Security Flaw

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Calendar Grey July 16, 2014
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Address the MiniUPnPc instability threat by implementing Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2280-1 updates across all impacted releases.
MiniUPnPc could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

MiniUPnPc could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network

traffic.

Software Description:

- miniupnpc: UPnP IGD client lightweight library client

Details:

It was discovered that MiniUPnPc incorrectly handled certain buffer

lengths. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause

applications using MiniUPnPc to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow critical Ubuntu miniupnpc

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libminiupnpc8                   1.6-3ubuntu2.14.04.1

Ubuntu 13.10:
  libminiupnpc8                   1.6-3ubuntu2.13.10.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libminiupnpc8                   1.6-3ubuntu1.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2280-1

CVE-2014-3985

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July 16, 2014

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow critical Ubuntu miniupnpc

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/miniupnpc/1.6-3ubuntu2.14.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/miniupnpc/1.6-3ubuntu2.13.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/miniupnpc/1.6-3ubuntu1.1

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