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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : MiniUPnPd vulnerabilities (USN-4542-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 140802

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4542-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that MiniUPnPd did not properly validate callback addresses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2019-12107)

 It was discovered that MiniUPnPd incorrectly handled unpopulated user XML input. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause MiniUPnPd to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-12108, CVE-2019-12109)

 It was discovered that MiniUPnPd incorrectly handled an empty description when port mapping. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause MiniUPnPd to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
 (CVE-2019-12110)

 It was discovered that MiniUPnPd did not properly parse certain PCP requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause MiniUPnPd to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2019-12111)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected miniupnpd package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4542-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 140802

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4542-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/26/2020

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12107

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:miniupnpd

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/25/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/15/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12107, CVE-2019-12108, CVE-2019-12109, CVE-2019-12110, CVE-2019-12111

USN: 4542-1