USN-6398-1: ReadyMedia vulnerabilities

Published Sep 27, 2023
·
Updated

It was discovered that ReadyMedia was vulnerable to DNS rebinding attacks. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to trick the local DLNA server to leak information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-26505) It was discovered that ReadyMedia incorrectly handled certain HTTP requests using chunked transport encoding. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause buffer overflows, resulting in out-of-bounds reads and writes. (CVE-2023-33476)

Affected Software

10 affected componentsFixes available
All of the following
ubuntu/minidlna<1.3.0+dfsg-2.2ubuntu0.1
1.3.0+dfsg-2.2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=23.04
All of the following
ubuntu/minidlna<1.3.0+dfsg-2.1ubuntu0.1
1.3.0+dfsg-2.1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=22.04
All of the following
ubuntu/minidlna<1.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.20.04.2
1.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.20.04.2
Ubuntu Ubuntu=20.04
All of the following
ubuntu/minidlna<1.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1
1.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of the following
ubuntu/minidlna<1.1.5+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
1.1.5+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04

Event History

Sep 27, 2023
Advisory Published
12:00 AM

Child vulnerabilities

Contains the following vulnerabilities.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID?

The vulnerability ID is CVE-2022-26505.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2022-26505?

The severity of CVE-2022-26505 is not specified.

3

How does CVE-2022-26505 impact ReadyMedia?

CVE-2022-26505 allows for DNS rebinding attacks that can trick the local DLNA server to leak information in ReadyMedia.

4

Which versions of Ubuntu are affected by CVE-2022-26505?

CVE-2022-26505 affects Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

5

How can I fix CVE-2022-26505 in ReadyMedia?

You can fix CVE-2022-26505 in ReadyMedia by updating the minidlna package to version 1.3.0+dfsg-2.2ubuntu0.1 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.

Contact

SecAlerts Pty Ltd.
132 Wickham Terrace
Fortitude Valley,
QLD 4006, Australia
info@secalerts.co
By using SecAlerts services, you agree to our services end-user license agreement. This website is safeguarded by reCAPTCHA and governed by the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. All names, logos, and brands of products are owned by their respective owners, and any usage of these names, logos, and brands for identification purposes only does not imply endorsement. If you possess any content that requires removal, please get in touch with us.
© 2026 SecAlerts Pty Ltd.
ABN: 70 645 966 203, ACN: 645 966 203