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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-4073): PHP vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-4073): PHP vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/20/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/24/2016
Modified
11/08/2024

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the mbfl_strcut function in ext/mbstring/libmbfl/mbfl/mbfilter.c in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x before 5.6.20, and 7.x before 7.0.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted mb_strcut call.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libapache2-mod-php5
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libapache2-mod-php7-0
  • ubuntu-upgrade-php5-cgi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-php5-cli
  • ubuntu-upgrade-php5-fpm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-php7-0-cgi
  • ubuntu-upgrade-php7-0-cli
  • ubuntu-upgrade-php7-0-fpm

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