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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2012-5959 EUVD-2012-5833GHSA-9qqc-r4wr-ffcc

Stack-based buffer overflow in the unique_service_name function in ssdp/ssdp_server.c in the SSDP parser in the portable SDK for UPnP Devic…

Published Jan 31, 2013 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by certcc

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the unique_service_name function in ssdp/ssdp_server.c in the SSDP parser in the portable SDK for UPnP Devices (aka libupnp, formerly the Intel SDK for UPnP devices) before 1.6.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long UDN (aka uuid) field within a string that contains a :: (colon colon) in a UDP packet.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 6.0 libupnp 1:1.6.6-5+squeeze1 DSA-2614-1
Debian 6.0 libupnp4 1.8.0~svn20100507-1+squeeze1 DSA-2615-1

Public exploits

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Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 1

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Advisories 2

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