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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-5770: Security patch for php55, php56 (ALAS-2016-728)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-5770: Security patch for php55, php56 (ALAS-2016-728)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/01/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/01/2016
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

Integer overflow in the SplFileObject::fread function in spl_directory.c in the SPL extension in PHP before 5.5.37 and 5.6.x before 5.6.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large integer argument, a related issue to CVE-2016-5096.

Solution(s)

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

References

  • ALAS-2016-728
  • DLA-628-1
  • DSA-3618
  • CVE-2016-5770

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