CVE-2016-6255
N/A
Published: March 7, 2017 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxLibupnp
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 27%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v ≤ 1.6.20
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (10)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3736Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/18/13Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/20/5VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92050x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/mjg59/pupnp-code/commit/be0a01bdb83395d9f3a5ea09c1308a4f1a972cbdVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-52x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://sourceforge.net/p/pupnp/code/ci/master/tree/ChangeLogx_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://twitter.com/mjg59/status/755062278513319936Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-284
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