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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3379-1 (miniupnpc - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Aleksandar Nikolic of Cisco Talos discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in the XML parser functionality of miniupnpc, a UPnP IGD client lightweight library. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause an application using the miniupnpc library to crash, or potentially to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
Affected Software
Affected Software
miniupnpc on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5-2+deb7u1. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.9.20140610-2+deb8u1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your miniupnpc packages.