Multiple stack-based buffer overflows were discovered in libupnp4, a library used for handling the Universal Plug and Play protocol. HD Moore from Rapid7 discovered that SSDP queries where not correctly handled by the unique_service_name() function. An attacker sending carefully crafted SSDP queries to a daemon built on libupnp4 could generate a buffer overflow, overwriting the stack, leading to the daemon crash and possible remote code execution.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.0~svn20100507-1+squeeze1. For the testing distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.0~svn20100507-1.2. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.0~svn20100507-1.2. We recommend that you upgrade your libupnp4 packages.

The Portable SDK for UPnP Devices (libupnp) provides developers with an API and open source code for building control points, devices, and bridges that are compliant with Version 1.0 of the Universal Plug and Play Device Architecture Specification - see http://www.upnp.org/ for specifications.

libupnp4 on Debian Linux

This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.

• http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2615.html

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Updated on 2015-03-25