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Fedora 25 : libupnp (2017-2c29702300)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 97674

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- miniserver: fix binding to ipv6 link-local addresses

 - Fix out-of-bound access in create_url_list() (CVE-2016-8863)

 - If the error or info log files can not be created, use stderr and stdout instead.

 - SF Bug Tracker #132 CVE-2016-6255: write files via POST

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Solution

Update the affected libupnp package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-2c29702300

https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-10

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 97674

File Name: fedora_2017-2c29702300.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/13/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:25, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libupnp

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/7/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6255, CVE-2016-8863