vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2016-6288: php5 -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 29, 2016
Added
Mar 31, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

The php_url_parse_ex function in ext/standard/url.c in PHP before 5.5.38 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving the smart_str data type.

Solution

debian-upgrade-php5
Title
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