Improper Access Control The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libupnp (opens in a new tab)
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-LIBUPNP-664506
- published7 Mar 2017
- disclosed7 Mar 2017
Introduced: 7 Mar 2017
CVE-2016-6255 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libupnp package and not the libupnp package as distributed by Ubuntu.
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
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-6255
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3736
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6255
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40589/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-52
- https://github.com/mjg59/pupnp-code/commit/be0a01bdb83395d9f3a5ea09c1308a4f1a972cbd
- https://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/code/ci/master/tree/ChangeLog
- https://twitter.com/mjg59/status/755062278513319936
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2017-10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92050
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40589