CVE-2015-6031

Summary

CVECVE-2015-6031
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-11-02 19:59:14 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the IGDstartelt function in igd_desc_parse.c in the MiniUPnP client (aka MiniUPnPc) before 1.9.20150917 allows remote UPNP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an "oversized" XML element name.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Miniupnp Project Miniupnpc 1.9 2014-02-03 All All
Application Miniupnp Project Miniupnpc 1.9 2014-02-05 All All
Application Miniupnp Project Miniupnpc 1.9 2014-05-15 All All
Application Miniupnp Project Miniupnpc 1.9 2014-06-10 All All
Application Miniupnp Project Miniupnpc 1.9 2014-07-01 All All
Application Miniupnp Project Miniupnpc 1.9 2014-09-06 All All
Application Miniupnp Project Miniupnpc 1.9 2014-09-11 All All
Application Miniupnp Project Miniupnpc 1.9 2014-11-05 All All
Application Miniupnp Project Miniupnpc 1.9 2014-11-13 All All
Application Miniupnp Project Miniupnpc 1.9 2014-11-17 All All
Application Miniupnp Project Miniupnpc 1.9 2015-04-27 All All
Application Miniupnp Project Miniupnpc 1.9 2015-04-30 All All
Application Miniupnp Project Miniupnpc 1.9 2015-05-22 All All
Application Miniupnp Project Miniupnpc 1.9 2015-06-16 All All
Application Miniupnp Project Miniupnpc 1.9 2015-07-15 All All
Application Miniupnp Project Miniupnpc 1.9 2015-07-22 All All
Application Miniupnp Project Miniupnpc 1.9 2015-07-23 All All
Application Miniupnp Project Miniupnpc 1.9 2015-08-16 All All
Application Miniupnp Project Miniupnpc 1.9 2015-08-27 All All
Application Miniupnp Project Miniupnpc 1.9 2015-08-28 All All
Application Miniupnp Project Miniupnpc 1.9 2015-09-15 All All
Application Miniupnp Project Miniupnpc All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-2780-1: MiniUPnP vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
MiniUPnPc: Arbitrary code execution (GLSA 201801-08) — Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
USN-2780-2: MiniUPnP vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
igd_desc_parse.c: fix buffer overflow · miniupnp/miniupnp@79cca97 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
MiniUPnP 'igd_desc_parse.c' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
miniupnp/Changelog.txt at master · miniupnp/miniupnp · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3379-1 miniupnpc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2015:2070-1: moderate: Security update for miniupnpc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Cisco Talos - Talos 2015 0035 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 talosintel.com Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710235 Gentoo Linux MiniUPnPc Arbitrary code execution Vulnerability (GLSA 201801-08)
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