APP: Portable SDK for UPnP Devices libupnp Device Service Name Stack Buffer Overflow

This signature detects possible attempts to exploit a known vulnerability in the Portable SDK for UPnP Devices libupnp Device Service Name. A successful attack can lead to a buffer overflow and arbitrary remote code execution within the context of the system.

Extended 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 UDP packet with a crafted string that is not properly handled after a certain pointer subtraction.

Affected Products

Libupnp_project libupnp

References

BugTraq: 57602

CVE: CVE-2012-5962

Short Name
APP:UPNP:LIBUPNP-DSN-BOF
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
APP
Keywords
Buffer CVE-2012-5958 CVE-2012-5962 Device Devices Name Overflow Portable SDK Service Stack UPnP bid:57602 for libupnp
Release Date
05/23/2013
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-19.4

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

vsrx-19.2

srx-19.3

srx-branch-12.3

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3761
Port
UDP/1900
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Libupnp_project

CVSS Score

10.0

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