CVE-2016-2554

Publication date 25 February 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
php5 15.10 wily
Fixed 5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.16
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.22
php7.0 15.10 wily Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
php5

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

Other references