[arch-security] [ASA-201510-11] miniupnpc: arbitrary code execution

[Levente Polyak]

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201510-11
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Severity: Critical
Date    : 2015-10-18
CVE-ID  : CVE-2015-6031
Package : miniupnpc
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CVE

Summary
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The package miniupnpc before version 1.9.20151008-1 is vulnerable to
arbitrary code execution.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 1.9.20151008-1.

# pacman -Syu "miniupnpc>=1.9.20151008-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream but no release is available.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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An exploitable buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the XML parser
functionality of the MiniUPnP library. A specially crafted XML response
can lead to a buffer overflow on the stack resulting in remote code
execution. An attacker can set up a server on the local network to
trigger this vulnerability.

Impact
======

A remote attacker is able to create a specially crafted XML response on
a server set up on the local network to execute arbitrary code on the
client.

References
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http://talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2015-0035/
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6031
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/46612

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