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Debian: CVE-2016-5769: php5, php7.0 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-5769: php5, php7.0 -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/14/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/15/2016
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

Multiple integer overflows in mcrypt.c in the mcrypt extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted length value, related to the (1) mcrypt_generic and (2) mdecrypt_generic functions.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-php5
  • debian-upgrade-php7-0

References

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