PHP virtual_file_ex DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2016-6289)

PHP virtual_file_ex DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2016-6289)
PHP virtual_file_ex DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2016-6289)

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Affected Systems:

PHP <5.5.38
PHP 7.x <7.0.9
PHP 5.6.x <5.6.24

Description:

CVE (CAN) ID: CVE-2016-6289

PHP is a widely used scripting language. It is especially suitable for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.

PHP <5.5.38, 5.6.x <5.6.24, 7.x <7.0.9, and virtual_file_ex functions have the integer overflow security vulnerability. Remote attackers can cause DoS (stack buffer overflow ).

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Suggestion:

Vendor patch:

PHP
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:

Http://git.php.net /? P = php-src.git; a = commit; h = 0218acb7e756a469099c4ccfb22bce6c2bd1ef87
Http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
Https://bugs.php.net/72513
Http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php

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