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Critical
CVE-2016-2554
Stack-based buffer overflow in ext/phar/tar.c in PHP before 5.5.32, 5.6.x...
Vulnerability Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in ext/phar/tar.c in PHP before 5.5.32, 5.6.x before 5.6.18, and 7.x before 7.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00058.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00056.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-2
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71488
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00052.html
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 0, 5.6.0, 5.6.1, 5.6.2, 5.6.3, 5.6.4, 5.6.5, 5.6.6, 5.6.7, 5.6.8, 5.6.9, 5.6.10, 5.6.11, 5.6.12, 5.6.13, 5.6.14, 5.6.15, 5.6.16, 5.6.17
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 16th, 2016
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.