| Name | CVE-2016-6296 |
| Description | Integer signedness error in the simplestring_addn function in simplestring.c in xmlrpc-epi through 0.54.2, as used in PHP before 5.5.38, 5.6.x before 5.6.24, and 7.x before 7.0.9, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long first argument to the PHP xmlrpc_encode_request function. |
| 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-2011-1, DLA-569-1, DLA-628-1, DSA-3631-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 832959 |
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 | |
| xmlrpc-epi (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 0.54.2-1.1+deb8u1 | fixed |
| buster, bullseye, stretch | 0.54.2-1.2 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 0.54.2-1.3 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 0.54.2-3 | 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 | |||
| xmlrpc-epi | source | wheezy | 0.54.2-1+deb7u1 | DLA-569-1 | ||
| xmlrpc-epi | source | jessie | 0.54.2-1.1+deb8u1 | DLA-2011-1 | ||
| xmlrpc-epi | source | (unstable) | 0.54.2-1.2 | 832959 |
PHP Bug: https://bugs.php.net/72606
https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=e6c48213c22ed50b2b987b479fcc1ac709394caa
Fixed in 7.0.9, 5.6.24, 5.5.38
In stretch/sid php7.0 is using the system library not the embedded one.