hugo/content/about/security/advisories/cve-2008-2957-00.md

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:58:39 -0600

author
Gary Kramlich <grim@reaperworld.com>
date
Fri, 28 Feb 2025 00:58:39 -0600
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Add the Meshtastic plugin

I meant to add this awhile ago but somehow missed it.

Testing Done:
Ran `npm run hugo:server` and verified the plugin showed up.

Reviewed at https://reviews.imfreedom.org/r/3861/

---
title: cve-2008-2957-00
date: 2008-05-11T00:00:00.000Z
cveNumber: cve-2008-2957
summary: Remote UPnP discovery DoS
discoveredBy: Andrew Hunt and Christian Grothoff
fixedInRelease: 2.5.0
type: security
layout: cve
hidden: true
---

### Description

The UPnP functionality in libpurple allows remote attackers to trigger the
download of arbitrary files and cause a denial of service (memory or disk
consumption) via a UDP packet that specifies an arbitrary URL.

### Mitigation

UPnP related downloads are limited to 128kB.

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