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Ubuntu: USN-4794-1 (CVE-2016-6255): libupnp vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-4794-1 (CVE-2016-6255): libupnp vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/07/2017
Created
03/29/2023
Added
03/22/2023
Modified
03/22/2023

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libupnp6

References

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