CVE-2016-4539
Description
The xml_parse_into_struct function in ext/xml/xml.c in PHP before 5.5.35, 5.6.x before 5.6.21, and 7.x before 7.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer under-read and segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted XML data in the second argument, leading to a parser level of zero.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Fedora Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 42.1 | Affected | — |
| — | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| php | php | {"endIncluding":"5.5.34"} | |
| php | php | 5.6.0 | |
| php | php | 5.6.1 | |
| php | php | 5.6.2 | |
| php | php | 5.6.3 | |
| php | php | 5.6.4 | |
| php | php | 5.6.5 | |
| php | php | 5.6.6 | |
| php | php | 5.6.7 | |
| php | php | 5.6.8 | |
| php | php | 5.6.9 | |
| php | php | 5.6.10 | |
| php | php | 5.6.11 | |
| php | php | 5.6.12 | |
| php | php | 5.6.13 | |
| php | php | 5.6.14 | |
| php | php | 5.6.15 | |
| php | php | 5.6.16 | |
| php | php | 5.6.17 | |
| php | php | 5.6.18 | |
| php | php | 5.6.19 | |
| php | php | 5.6.20 | |
| php | php | 7.0.0 | |
| php | php | 7.0.1 | |
| php | php | 7.0.2 | |
| php | php | 7.0.3 | |
| php | php | 7.0.4 | |
| php | php | 7.0.5 | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4539.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/183736.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00086.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00027.html
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3602
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/05/21
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90174
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72099
- https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=dccda88f27a084bcbbb30198ace12b4e7ae961cc
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05320149
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-22
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.