Use After Free Affecting php7.0 package, versions <7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.97% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-PHP70-386353
  • published25 Jul 2016
  • disclosed25 Jul 2016

Introduced: 25 Jul 2016

CVE-2016-6290  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 php7.0 to version 7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php7.0 package and not the php7.0 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

ext/session/session.c in PHP before 5.5.38, 5.6.x before 5.6.24, and 7.x before 7.0.9 does not properly maintain a certain hash data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to session deserialization.