| Name | CVE-2016-6290 |
| Description | ext/session/session.c in PHP before 5.5.38, 5.6.x before 5.6.24, and 7.x before 7.0.9 does not properly maintain a certain hash data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors related to session deserialization. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-628-1, DSA-3631-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| php5 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 5.6.40+dfsg-0+deb8u21 | fixed |
| php7.0 (PTS) | stretch (security) | 7.0.33-0+deb9u12 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 7.0.33-0+deb9u19 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| php5 | source | wheezy | 5.4.45-0+deb7u5 | | DLA-628-1 | |
| php5 | source | jessie | 5.6.24+dfsg-0+deb8u1 | | DSA-3631-1 | |
| php5 | source | (unstable) | 5.6.24+dfsg-1 | | | |
| php7.0 | source | (unstable) | 7.0.9-1 | | | |
Notes
PHP Bug: https://bugs.php.net/72562
https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=3798eb6fd5dddb211b01d41495072fd9858d4e32
Fixed in 7.0.9, 5.6.24, 5.5.38