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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-5094: Security patch for php55 ((Multiple Advisories))

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-5094: Security patch for php55 ((Multiple Advisories))

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/02/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/15/2016
Modified
08/25/2020

Description

Integer overflow in the php_html_entities function in ext/standard/html.c in PHP before 5.5.36 and 5.6.x before 5.6.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a large output string from the htmlspecialchars function.

Solution(s)

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

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