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Alpine Linux: CVE-2015-5589: php Segfault, Buffer overflow and stack smashing

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2015-5589: php Segfault, Buffer overflow and stack smashing

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/16/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/30/2017
Modified
11/06/2017

Description

The phar_convert_to_other function in ext/phar/phar_object.c in PHP before 5.4.43, 5.5.x before 5.5.27, and 5.6.x before 5.6.11 does not validate a file pointer before a close operation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive that is mishandled in a Phar::convertToData call.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-php

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