Upstream information

CVE-2016-6255 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 989948 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2017:1485-1

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Leap 15.2
  • libupnp6 >= 1.6.25-lp152.4.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.2 GA libupnp6-1.6.25-lp152.4.1
openSUSE Leap 15.3
  • libixml11 >= 1.14.0-bp153.1.19
  • libupnp17 >= 1.14.0-bp153.1.19
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.3 GA libixml11-1.14.0-bp153.1.19
openSUSE Leap 15.4
  • libixml11 >= 1.14.12-bp154.1.66
  • libupnp17 >= 1.14.12-bp154.1.66
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.4 GA libixml11-1.14.12-bp154.1.66
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • libixml11 >= 1.14.10-1.2
  • libixml11-32bit >= 1.14.10-1.2
  • libupnp-devel >= 1.14.10-1.2
  • libupnp17 >= 1.14.10-1.2
  • libupnp17-32bit >= 1.14.10-1.2
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11006

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Jul 20 22:15:16 2016
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:25:52 2025