The phar_convert_to_other function in ext/phar/phar_object.c in PHP before 5.4.43, 5.5.x before 5.5.27, and 5.6.x before 5.6.11 does not validate a file pointer before a close operation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive that is mishandled in a Phar::convertToData call.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade php | Aug 30, 2017 | May 16, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade php56-pharUpgrade php55-pharUpgrade php5-phar | Dec 10, 2025 | Jul 18, 2015 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade php-recodeUpgrade php-xmlrpcUpgrade php-mysqlUpgrade php-processUpgrade php-gdUpgrade php-soapUpgrade php-xmlUpgrade php-commonUpgrade php-pdoUpgrade php-ldapUpgrade php-pgsqlUpgrade phpUpgrade php-odbcUpgrade php-cli | Dec 4, 2019 | May 16, 2016 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade php-odbcUpgrade php-pgsqlUpgrade phpUpgrade php-soapUpgrade php-commonUpgrade php-ldapUpgrade php-xmlUpgrade php-gdUpgrade php-pdoUpgrade php-processUpgrade php-recodeUpgrade php-xmlrpcUpgrade php-cliUpgrade php-mysql | Dec 18, 2019 | May 16, 2016 |
| Php | — | Upgrade to PHP version 5.4.43Upgrade to PHP version 5.6.11Upgrade to PHP version 5.5.27 | Jun 3, 2016 | May 16, 2016 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Jul 5, 2015 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade php5-jsonUpgrade php5Upgrade php53-bcmathUpgrade php53-ftpUpgrade php53-soapUpgrade php5-iconvUpgrade apache2-mod_php53Upgrade php53-develUpgrade php53-socketsUpgrade php53-bz2Upgrade php5-gmpUpgrade php53-sysvsemUpgrade php5-opensslUpgrade php53-ldapUpgrade php5-bcmathUpgrade php53-suhosinUpgrade php53-tidyUpgrade php5-mbstringUpgrade php5-zipUpgrade php5-develUpgrade php53-calendarUpgrade php53-iconvUpgrade php5-mcryptUpgrade php5-ctypeUpgrade php5-xmlrpcUpgrade php53-posixUpgrade php5-domUpgrade php53-pgsqlUpgrade php5-gettextUpgrade php5-xmlreaderUpgrade php53-gettextUpgrade php5-opcacheUpgrade php53-zipUpgrade apache2-mod_php5Upgrade php5-socketsUpgrade php5-posixUpgrade php5-fastcgiUpgrade php53-curlUpgrade php53-odbcUpgrade php5-wddxUpgrade php53-sysvmsgUpgrade php53-mysqlUpgrade php53-xmlreaderUpgrade php5-xmlwriterUpgrade php53-mbstringUpgrade php5-sysvsemUpgrade php53-mcryptUpgrade php53-imapUpgrade php5-ftpUpgrade php53-wddxUpgrade php53-shmopUpgrade php5-xslUpgrade php5-pdoUpgrade php5-gdUpgrade php53-pcntlUpgrade php53-xmlwriterUpgrade php5-pgsqlUpgrade php53-zlibUpgrade php5-zlibUpgrade php5-odbcUpgrade php53-ctypeUpgrade php53-dbaUpgrade php53-pearUpgrade php5-dbaUpgrade php5-intlUpgrade php5-curlUpgrade php5-mysqlUpgrade php5-suhosinUpgrade php53-snmpUpgrade php5-sqliteUpgrade php53-pspellUpgrade php53-xmlrpcUpgrade php53-fastcgiUpgrade php53-pdoUpgrade php53-sysvshmUpgrade php5-pcntlUpgrade php53-jsonUpgrade php53-xslUpgrade php5-exifUpgrade php53-gdUpgrade php53-domUpgrade php5-fileinfoUpgrade php53-tokenizerUpgrade php5-bz2Upgrade php5-pspellUpgrade php5-soapUpgrade php5-sysvmsgUpgrade php53-gmpUpgrade php53-intlUpgrade php5-fpmUpgrade php5-calendarUpgrade php53-sqliteUpgrade php5-snmpUpgrade php5-enchantUpgrade php5-ldapUpgrade php53Upgrade php5-shmopUpgrade php53-fileinfoUpgrade php5-tokenizerUpgrade php53-readlineUpgrade php5-sysvshmUpgrade php5-pearUpgrade php53-exifUpgrade php53-openssl | Dec 18, 2015 | Aug 21, 2015 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade php5-cgiUpgrade libapache2-mod-php5Upgrade php5-cliUpgrade php5-fpm | Nov 8, 2024 | May 16, 2016 |
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