Items tagged with portable sdk for upnp devices
Security researchers thought that we were all rid of a pesky vulnerability that was initially patched over three years ago. The exploit takes advantage of code lurking within the “libupnp” library, which is included in the Portable SDK for UPnP Devices used for DLNA media playback. However, some lax vendors have failed to include newer versions of the SDK with an updated version of libupnp, leaving millions of devices that we use everyday exposed -- 6.1 million devices to be exact, including smartphones, routers and smart TVs. In addition to hardware vendors, it’s also been discovered that 547 apps use the outdated version of libupnp. Amazingly, over half, 326 apps, are available via the Google...
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