PT-2017-9849 · Libupnp+2 · Portable Upnp Sdk+2

Scott Tenaglia · Published 2016-12-16 · Updated 2021-03-15 · CVE-2016-8863

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Portable UPnP SDK (aka libupnp) versions prior to 1.6.21

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the create url list function. This can be triggered by sending a valid URI followed by an invalid one in the CALLBACK header of an SUBSCRIBE request, potentially allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.6.21, update to version 1.6.21 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-2493

CVE-2016-8863

DLA-747-1

DLA-748-1

DSA-3736-1

MGASA-2017-0002

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11006-1

USN-4794-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Portable Upnp Sdk

Ubuntu

References · 25

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6255 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8863 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0002 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-52 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libupnp · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3736 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8863 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0002.html · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8863 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8863 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4794-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8863 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4794-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3736-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6255 · Vendor Advisory