gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201801-08.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201801-08">
  <title>MiniUPnPc: Arbitrary code execution</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in MiniUPnPc might allow remote attackers to
    execute arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">MiniUPnP</product>
  <announced>2018-01-07</announced>
  <revised count="1">2018-01-07</revised>
  <bug>562684</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-libs/miniupnpc" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.0.20170509</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.0.20170509</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>The client library, enabling applications to access the services
      provided by an UPnP “Internet Gateway Device” present on the network.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the XML parser
      functionality of the MiniUPnP library.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker, by enticing a user to connect to a malicious server,
      could cause the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the
      user running a MiniUPnPc linked application.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All MiniUPnPc users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-libs/miniupnpc-2.0.20170509"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-6031">
      CVE-2015-6031
    </uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-01-05T06:06:14Z">jmbailey</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-01-07T23:51:08Z">jmbailey</metadata>
</glsa>