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Ubuntu 15.10 USN-2780-2 Critical: MiniUPnP Buffer Overflow Issue

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An application using the MiniUPnP library could be made to crash or runprograms as your login if it received specially crafted network traffic.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2780-2
October 23, 2015

miniupnpc vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 15.10

Summary:

An application using the MiniUPnP library could be made to crash or run
programs as your login if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description:
- miniupnpc: UPnP IGD client lightweight library

Details:

USN-2780-1 fixed a vulnerability in the MiniUPnP library in Ubuntu
12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 15.04. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 15.10.

Original advisory details:

 Aleksandar Nikolic discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in the
 XML parser functionality of the MiniUPnP library. A remote attacker
 could use this to cause a denial of service (application crash) or
 possibly execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user running
 an application that uses the MiniUPnP library.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 15.10:
  libminiupnpc10                  1.9.20140610-2ubuntu2

After a standard system update you need to restart applications using
the MiniUPnP library to make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2780-2
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2780-1
  CVE-2015-6031

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/miniupnpc/1.9.20140610-2ubuntu2

Ubuntu 15.10 USN-2780-2 Critical: MiniUPnP Buffer Overflow Issue

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Calendar Grey October 23, 2015
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2781-3 addresses vulnerabilities in OpenSSL, resolving issues that could lead to denial of service and potential data leaks.
An application using the MiniUPnP library could be made to crash or runprograms as your login if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.10: libminiupnpc10 1.9.20140610-2ubuntu2 After a standard system update you need to restart applications using the MiniUPnP library to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2780-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2780-1

CVE-2015-6031

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October 23, 2015

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/miniupnpc/1.9.20140610-2ubuntu2

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