UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6255

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6255

    Published: 7 Mar 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-6255
    Aliases:
    USN-4794-1

    Summary:

    Details: Portable UPnP SDK (aka libupnp) before 1.6.21 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files in the webroot via a POST request without a registered handler.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6255, https://twitter.com/mjg59/status/755062278513319936, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/13, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6255, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4794-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libupnp

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libupnp@1:1.6.17-1.2+deb7u1build0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:1.6.17-1.2+deb7u1build0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    1:1.6.17-1.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High