Arbitrary code execution in PHP - CVE-2016-7412

Vulnerability identifier: #VU524

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7412

CWE-ID: CWE-284

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote or local user to cause arbitrary code execution on the target system.
The weakness is caused by heap overflow during handling of BIT fields in mysqlnd that allows a malicious user to execute arbitrary code.
Successful explotation of the vulnerability may result in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

PHP
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power
SUSE Linux
Slackware Linux
Fedora
php (Alpine package)
php

Update to 5.6.26.
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php#5.6.26
Update to 7.0.11.
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php#7.0.11

php (Alpine package) - update to 5.6.27-r0
php - addressed in versions 5.6.26-1.fc23, 5.6.26-1.fc24

• Arch Linux update for php
• Slackware Linux update for php
• OpenSUSE Linux update for php5
• SUSE Linux update for php5
• SUSE Linux update for php53
• OpenSUSE Linux update for php5
• SUSE Linux update for php5
• Red Hat update for php
• Arbitrary code execution in php (Alpine package)
• SUSE Linux update for php53
• Fedora 24 update for php
• Fedora 23 update for php