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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-6031: MiniUPnPc: Arbitrary code execution

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-6031: MiniUPnPc: Arbitrary code execution

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/02/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/08/2018
Modified
01/08/2018

Description

Buffer overflow in the IGDstartelt function in igd_desc_parse.c in the MiniUPnP client (aka MiniUPnPc) before 1.9.20150917 allows remote UPNP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an "oversized" XML element name.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-libs-miniupnpc

References

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