SB2018020819 - Ubuntu update for MiniUPnP



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

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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.