MGASA-2015-0416

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    MGASA-2015-0416

    Published: 30 Oct 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-6031

    Summary: Updated miniupnpc package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: 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 (CVE-2015-6031).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0416.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16985, http://talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2015-0035/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: miniupnpc

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/miniupnpc?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.9.20141128-1.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High