vulnerability

Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-5767: Security patch for php55, php56 (ALAS-2016-728)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 1, 2016
Added
Aug 1, 2016
Modified
Aug 25, 2020

Description

Integer overflow in the gdImageCreate function in gd.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.0.34RC1, as used in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image dimensions.

Solutions

amazon-linux-upgrade--php56amazon-linux-upgrade-php55
Title
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