metadata/glsa/glsa-201403-06.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201403-06">
  <title>libupnp: Arbitrary code execution</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple buffer overflow flaws in libupnp may allow execution of
    arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">libupnp</product>
  <announced>March 26, 2014</announced>
  <revised>March 26, 2014: 1</revised>
  <bug>454570</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-libs/libupnp" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.6.18</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.6.18</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>libupnp is a portable, open source, UPnP development kit.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities have been discovered in
      libupnp. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="high">
    <p>A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
      privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All libupnp users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-libs/libupnp-1.6.18"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5958">CVE-2012-5958</uri>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5959">CVE-2012-5959</uri>
    <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5960">CVE-2012-5960</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:38:12 +0000">ackle</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 26 Mar 2014 10:27:19 +0000">ackle</metadata>
</glsa>