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PHP Vulnerability: CVE-2016-2554

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PHP Vulnerability: CVE-2016-2554

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/16/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/03/2016
Modified
07/21/2021

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in ext/phar/tar.c in PHP before 5.5.32, 5.6.x before 5.6.18, and 7.x before 7.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive.

Solution(s)

  • php-upgrade-5_5_32
  • php-upgrade-5_6_18
  • php-upgrade-7_0_3

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