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Alpine Linux: CVE-2016-5399: php5 out-of-bounds write in bzread()

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 21, 2017
Added
Aug 30, 2017
Modified
Feb 14, 2023

Description

The bzread function in ext/bz2/bz2.c in PHP before 5.5.38, 5.6.x before 5.6.24, and 7.x before 7.0.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or execute arbitrary code via a crafted bz2 archive.

Solutions

alpine-linux-upgrade-phpalpine-linux-upgrade-php5
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