Ubuntu alert USN-2280-1 (miniupnpc)

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Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com> 
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ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com 
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[USN-2280-1] MiniUPnPc vulnerability 
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Wed, 16 Jul 2014 10:09:28 -0400
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2280-1
July 16, 2014

miniupnpc vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

MiniUPnPc could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network
traffic.

Software Description:
- miniupnpc: UPnP IGD client lightweight library client

Details:

It was discovered that MiniUPnPc incorrectly handled certain buffer
lengths. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
applications using MiniUPnPc to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libminiupnpc8                   1.6-3ubuntu2.14.04.1

Ubuntu 13.10:
  libminiupnpc8                   1.6-3ubuntu2.13.10.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libminiupnpc8                   1.6-3ubuntu1.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.

References:
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2280-1
  CVE-2014-3985

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/miniupnpc/1.6-3ubunt...
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/miniupnpc/1.6-3ubunt...
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/miniupnpc/1.6-3ubunt...




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