CVE-2016-4343

Publication date 29 April 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

The phar_make_dirstream function in ext/phar/dirstream.c in PHP before 5.6.18 and 7.x before 7.0.3 mishandles zero-size ././@LongLink files, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
php5	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	15.10 wily	Fixed 5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.4
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.23
php7.0	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
php5	Upstream: https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=4c2424eb24b0178456acc404dbfff528cdc44197 Upstream: https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=9649ca1630433473a307d015ba1a79a4a7a779f5
php7.0	Upstream: https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=4c2424eb24b0178456acc404dbfff528cdc44197

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2016-4343

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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Patch details

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