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Ubuntu: USN-2786-1 (CVE-2015-7803): PHP vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-2786-1 (CVE-2015-7803): PHP vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/28/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/09/2015
Modified
09/19/2017

Description

The phar_get_entry_data function in ext/phar/util.c in PHP before 5.5.30 and 5.6.x before 5.6.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a .phar file with a crafted TAR archive entry in which the Link indicator references a file that does not exist.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libapache2-mod-php5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-php5-cgi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-php5-cli
  • ubuntu-upgrade-php5-fpm

References

  • USN-2786-1
  • APPLE-SA-2015-12-08-3
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1145
  • DLA-341-1
  • DSA-3380
  • 76959
  • GLSA-201606-10
  • CVE-2015-7803
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