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

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

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/27/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/27/2016
Modified
04/25/2018

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)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libapache2-mod-php5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-php5-cgi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-php5-cli
  • ubuntu-upgrade-php5-fpm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-php5-gd
  • ubuntu-upgrade-php5-mysqlnd
  • ubuntu-upgrade-php5-snmp

References

  • USN-2952-1
  • USN-2952-2
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1145
  • SUSE-SU-2016:1166
  • RHSA-2016:2750
  • CVE-2016-2554
  • DLA-818-1
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