vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-2554): PHP vulnerabilities

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Apr 27, 2016
Added
Apr 27, 2016
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

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.

Solutions

ubuntu-upgrade-libapache2-mod-php5ubuntu-upgrade-php5-cgiubuntu-upgrade-php5-cliubuntu-upgrade-php5-fpmubuntu-upgrade-php5-gdubuntu-upgrade-php5-mysqlndubuntu-upgrade-php5-snmp
Title
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