GLSA-201701-41 : MiniUPnPc: Buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 96575

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-41 (MiniUPnPc: Buffer overflow)

An out-of-bounds read was discovered in the getHTTPResponse function in miniwget.c in MiniUPnPc.
Impact :

Remote attackers, through specially crafted headers, could cause a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All MiniUPnPc users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-libs/miniupnpc-1.9.20150427'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-41

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 96575

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201701-41.nasl

Version: 3.2

Type: local

Published: 1/18/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:miniupnpc, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3985

GLSA: 201701-41