CVE-2015-6031 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2015-6031?

CVE-2015-6031 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 2 Nov 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the IGDstartelt function in igd_desc_parse.c in the MiniUPnP client (aka MiniUPnPc) before 1.9.20150917 allows remote UPNP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an "oversized" XML element name.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6031?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Miniupnp Project Miniupnpc, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2015-6031?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2015-6031 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6031 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

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• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6031, DSA-3379-1, GHSA-m2cw-vw6v-jp5c, MGASA-2015-0416, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6031, USN-2780-1.