Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast Affecting php-imap package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.08% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-PHPIMAP-1970825
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed17 Jul 2016

Introduced: 17 Jul 2016

CVE-2016-6296  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-704  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 php-imap.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php-imap package and not the php-imap package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Integer signedness error in the simplestring_addn function in simplestring.c in xmlrpc-epi through 0.54.2, as used in PHP before 5.5.38, 5.6.x before 5.6.24, and 7.x before 7.0.9, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long first argument to the PHP xmlrpc_encode_request function.