SB2018020819 - Ubuntu update for MiniUPnP
Published: February 8, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018020819
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000494)
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.