CVE-2016-6255

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-6255
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-07 16:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-11-03 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionPortable 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-284

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Libupnp Project Libupnp All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Matthew Garrett on Twitter: "Reported this to upstream 8 months ago without response, so: libupnp's default behaviour allows anyone to write to your filesystem" MISC twitter.com Third Party Advisory
Portable UPnP SDK / Code / [0497e6] /ChangeLog CONFIRM sourceforge.net Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
libupnp CVE-2016-6255 Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
libupnp: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-52) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[R1] Debian MediaTomb (fork) Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities - Research Advisory | Tenable® MISC www.tenable.com
MiCasaVerde VeraLite - Remote Code Execution - Hardware remote Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
oss-security - Re: libupnp write files via POST MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - libupnp write files via POST MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Don't allow unhandled POSTs to write to the filesystem by default · mjg59/pupnp-code@be0a01b · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3736-1 libupnp DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710545 Gentoo Linux libupnp Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-52)
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