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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201701-41">
  <title>MiniUPnPc: Buffer overflow</title>
  <synopsis>A buffer overflow in MiniUPnPc might allow remote attackers to
    cause a Denial of Service condition.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">miniupnpc</product>
  <announced>2017-01-17</announced>
  <revised count="01">2017-01-17</revised>
  <bug>512666</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="net-libs/miniupnpc" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">1.9.20150427</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">1.9.20150427</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>UPnP client library and a simple UPnP client.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>An out-of-bounds read was discovered in the getHTTPResponse function in
      miniwget.c in MiniUPnPc.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>Remote attackers, through specially crafted headers, could cause a
      Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All MiniUPnPc users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=net-libs/miniupnpc-1.9.20150427"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3985">CVE-2014-3985</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-01-15T18:49:39Z">whissi</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-01-17T09:18:54Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>