vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-5772: Security patch for php55, php56 (ALAS-2016-728)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Aug 1, 2016 | Aug 1, 2016 | Oct 14, 2022 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 1, 2016
Added
Aug 1, 2016
Modified
Oct 14, 2022
Description
Double free vulnerability in the php_wddx_process_data function in wddx.c in the WDDX extension 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 (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted XML data that is mishandled in a wddx_deserialize call.
Solutions
amazon-linux-upgrade--php56amazon-linux-upgrade-php55
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