CVE-2016-6296

Description

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

https://support.apple.com/HT207170

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00029.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3059-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036430

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92095

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3631

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html

http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php

http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/24/2

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html

http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e6c48213c22ed50b2b987b479fcc1ac709394caa

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3