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Debian: CVE-2016-6255: libupnp -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-6255: libupnp -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
12/16/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/19/2016
Modified
03/02/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-libupnp

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