USN-4794-1

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)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / libupnp

Package

Name: libupnp
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libupnp?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Fxenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1:1.6.19+git20160116-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1:1.*

1:1.6.19+git20141001-1

1:1.6.19+git20141001-1ubuntu1

1:1.6.19+git20160116-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libupnp6",
            "binary_version": "1:1.6.19+git20160116-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4794-1.json"