<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201701-52"> <title>libupnp: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libupnp, the worst of which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">libupnp</product> <announced>2017-01-23</announced> <revised count="1">2017-01-23</revised> <bug>589136</bug> <bug>598202</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="net-libs/libupnp" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.6.21</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.6.21</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>libupnp is a portable, open source, UPnP development kit.</p> </background> <description> <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libupnp. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A remote attack could arbitrarily write files to a users file system, cause a Denial of Service condition, or execute arbitrary code. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All libupnp users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-libs/libupnp-1.6.21" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-6255">CVE-2016-6255</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-8863">CVE-2016-8863</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-01-19T08:52:15Z">b-man</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-01-23T03:28:22Z">b-man</metadata> </glsa>