SB2017011707 - Gentoo update for MiniUPnPc
Published: January 17, 2017 Updated: January 17, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017011707
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3985)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The getHTTPResponse function in miniwget.c in MiniUPnP 1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted headers that trigger an out-of-bounds read.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.