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Ubuntu 17.04 USN-3298-2 Critical: MiniUPnP Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey May 24, 2017
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The MiniUPnP package shows susceptibility in Ubuntu 17.04, which may permit denial of service or enable execution of arbitrary code through specially crafted packets.
MiniUPnP could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

MiniUPnP could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially

crafted network traffic.

Software Description:

- miniupnpc: UPnP IGD client lightweight library

Details:

USN-3298-1 fixed a vulnerability in MiniUPnP. This update provides the

corresponding update for Ubuntu 17.04.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that MiniUPnP incorrectly handled memory. A remote

attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly

execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user running an application

that uses the MiniUPnP library.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical network traffic ubuntu miniupnpc

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 17.04:
  libminiupnpc10                  1.9.20140610-2ubuntu2.17.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3298-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3298-1

CVE-2017-8798

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May 24, 2017

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical network traffic ubuntu miniupnpc

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/miniupnpc/1.9.20140610-2ubuntu2.17.04.1

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