Improper Input Validation Affecting php5 package, versions <5.6.20+dfsg-0+deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
20.45% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-PHP5-394765
  • published20 May 2016
  • disclosed20 May 2016

Introduced: 20 May 2016

CVE-2016-4071  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 php5 to version 5.6.20+dfsg-0+deb8u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php5 package and not the php5 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Format string vulnerability in the php_snmp_error function in ext/snmp/snmp.c in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x before 5.6.20, and 7.x before 7.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an SNMP::get call.