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F5 Networks: K42065024 (CVE-2016-4070): PHP vulnerability CVE-2016-4070

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F5 Networks: K42065024 (CVE-2016-4070): PHP vulnerability CVE-2016-4070

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/20/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/16/2017
Modified
02/01/2018

Description

** DISPUTED ** Integer overflow in the php_raw_url_encode function in ext/standard/url.c in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x before 5.6.20, and 7.x before 7.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string to the rawurlencode function. NOTE: the vendor says "Not sure if this qualifies as security issue (probably not)."

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

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