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Debian: CVE-2015-8878: php5 - security update

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Debian: CVE-2015-8878: php5 - security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
05/21/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/31/2017
Modified
03/23/2020

Description

main/php_open_temporary_file.c in PHP before 5.5.28 and 5.6.x before 5.6.12 does not ensure thread safety, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (race condition and heap memory corruption) by leveraging an application that performs many temporary-file accesses.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-php5

References

  • DLA-499-1
  • CVE-2015-8878

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