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libupnp vulnerabilities

2021-03-1500:00:00
ubuntu.com
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libupnp
ubuntu 16.04
vulnerability
post requests
arbitrary locations
filesystem
remote attacker
denial of service
arbitrary code
cve-2016-6255
cve-2016-8863

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.035

Percentile

91.6%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

  • libupnp - A Portable Open Source UPnP Development Kit

Details

Matthew Garrett discovered that libupnp mishandled POST requests by
default. An attacker could use this vulnerability to write files to
arbitrary locations in the victim’s filesystem, possibly as root.
(CVE-2016-6255)

It was discovered that libupnp mishandled certain input. A remote attacker
could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash) or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-8863)

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu16.04noarchlibupnp6< 1:1.6.19+git20160116-1ubuntu0.1~esm1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlibupnp-dev< 1:1.6.19+git20160116-1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlibupnp6< 1:1.6.19+git20160116-1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlibupnp6-dbg< 1:1.6.19+git20160116-1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlibupnp6-dbgsym< 1:1.6.19+git20160116-1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlibupnp6-dev< 1:1.6.19+git20160116-1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlibupnp6-dev-dbgsym< 1:1.6.19+git20160116-1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlibupnp6-doc< 1:1.6.19+git20160116-1UNKNOWN

CVSS2

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.035

Percentile

91.6%