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==========================================================================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:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2780-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2780-1
CVE-2015-6031
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/miniupnpc/1.9.20140610-2ubuntu2
