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Debian: CVE-2016-4072: php5, php7.0 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-4072: php5, php7.0 -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/27/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/28/2016
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

The Phar extension in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x before 5.6.20, and 7.x before 7.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted filename, as demonstrated by mishandling of \0 characters by the phar_analyze_path function in ext/phar/phar.c.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-php5
  • debian-upgrade-php7-0

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