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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-4071: Security patch for php56, php55 (ALAS-2016-698)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-4071: Security patch for php56, php55 (ALAS-2016-698)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/03/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/03/2016
Modified
04/16/2020

Description

Format string vulnerability in the php_snmp_error function in ext/snmp/snmp.c in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x before 5.6.20, and 7.x before 7.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an SNMP::get call.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade--php55
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-php56

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