Out-of-Bounds Affecting php7.0 package, versions <7.0.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
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- published25 Jul 2016
- disclosed25 Jul 2016
Introduced: 25 Jul 2016
CVE-2016-6296 (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.
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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-6296
- https://support.apple.com/HT207170
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3631
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6296
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=e6c48213c22ed50b2b987b479fcc1ac709394caa
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- https://bugs.php.net/72606
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00029.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/24/2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92095
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036430
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3059-1
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e6c48213c22ed50b2b987b479fcc1ac709394caa