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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : MiniUPnPd vulnerabilities (USN-4542-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 140802

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4542-1 advisory.

 - The upnp_event_prepare function in upnpevents.c in MiniUPnP MiniUPnPd through 2.1 allows a remote attacker to leak information from the heap due to improper validation of an snprintf return value. (CVE-2019-12107)

 - A Denial Of Service vulnerability in MiniUPnP MiniUPnPd through 2.1 exists due to a NULL pointer dereference in GetOutboundPinholeTimeout in upnpsoap.c for int_port. (CVE-2019-12108)

 - A Denial Of Service vulnerability in MiniUPnP MiniUPnPd through 2.1 exists due to a NULL pointer dereference in GetOutboundPinholeTimeout in upnpsoap.c for rem_port. (CVE-2019-12109)

 - An AddPortMapping Denial Of Service vulnerability in MiniUPnP MiniUPnPd through 2.1 exists due to a NULL pointer dereference in upnpredirect.c. (CVE-2019-12110)

 - A Denial Of Service vulnerability in MiniUPnP MiniUPnPd through 2.1 exists due to a NULL pointer dereference in copyIPv6IfDifferent in pcpserver.c. (CVE-2019-12111)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected miniupnpd package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4542-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 140802

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4542-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/26/2020

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12107

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:miniupnpd

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/25/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/15/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12107, CVE-2019-12108, CVE-2019-12109, CVE-2019-12110, CVE-2019-12111

USN: 4542-1