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PHP Vulnerability: CVE-2015-5590

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PHP Vulnerability: CVE-2015-5590

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/19/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/01/2016
Modified
07/21/2021

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the phar_fix_filepath function in ext/phar/phar.c in PHP before 5.4.43, 5.5.x before 5.5.27, and 5.6.x before 5.6.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large length value, as demonstrated by mishandling of an e-mail attachment by the imap PHP extension.

Solution(s)

  • php-upgrade-5_4_43
  • php-upgrade-5_5_27
  • php-upgrade-5_6_11

References

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