| Name | CVE-2016-6255 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-597-1, DSA-3736-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 831857 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libupnp (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:1.6.19+git20141001-1+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1:1.6.19+git20160116-1.2+deb9u1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
https://twitter.com/mjg59/status/755062278513319936
Proposed fix: https://github.com/mjg59/pupnp-code/commit/be0a01bdb83395d9f3a5ea09c1308a4f1a972cbd
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/13