USN-2780-1

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    USN-2780-1

    Published: 20 Oct 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: miniupnpc vulnerability

    Details: Aleksandar Nikolic discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in the XML parser functionality of the MiniUPnP library. A remote attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user running an application that uses the MiniUPnP library.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2780-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6031

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: miniupnpc

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6-3ubuntu2.14.04.2

    Affected versions

    1.6-3ubuntu2
    1.6-3ubuntu2.14.04.1

    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
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