Ubuntu update for MiniUPnP



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2017-1000494
CWE-ID CWE-119
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Ubuntu
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor Canonical Ltd.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Memory corruption

EUVDB-ID: #VU10428

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000494

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition no the target system.

The weakness exists due to uninitialized stack variable vulnerability in NameValueParserEndElt (upnpreplyparse.c). A remote attacker can trigger segmentation fault and memory corruption to cause the service to crash.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages

Ubuntu 17.10:
libminiupnpc10 1.9.20140610-4ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libminiupnpc10 1.9.20140610-2ubuntu2.16.04.2
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libminiupnpc8 1.6-3ubuntu2.14.04.4

Vulnerable software versions

Ubuntu: 14.04 - 17.10

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3562-1/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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