Integer overflow in PHP - CVE-2016-10159
Published: May 21, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12906
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10159
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: PHP Group
Affected software:
PHP
PHP
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the phar_parse_pharfile function in ext/phar/phar.c due to integer overflow. A remote attacker can submit a truncated manifest entry in a PHAR archive and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists in the phar_parse_pharfile function in ext/phar/phar.c due to integer overflow. A remote attacker can submit a truncated manifest entry in a PHAR archive and cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10159
Update to version 5.6.30 or 7.0.15.