vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-7478): PHP vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 11, 2017
Added
Feb 15, 2017
Modified
May 5, 2025

Description

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain arguments to the
locale_get_display_name function. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-9912)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain invalid objects when
unserializing data. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to
hang, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-7478)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain invalid objects when
unserializing data. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2016-7479)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain invalid objects when
unserializing data. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-9137)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing certain
wddxPacket XML documents. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-9934)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled unserializing certain
wddxPacket XML documents. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9935)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain EXIF data. A remote
attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial
of service. (CVE-2016-10158)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain PHAR archives. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash or consume
resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-10159)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain PHAR archives. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-10160)

It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled certain invalid objects when
unserializing data. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause PHP to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-10161)

Solution(s)

ubuntu-upgrade-libapache2-mod-php5ubuntu-upgrade-php5-cgiubuntu-upgrade-php5-cliubuntu-upgrade-php5-fpm
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