| Name | CVE-2016-7478 |
| Description | Zend/zend_exceptions.c in PHP, possibly 5.x before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted Exception object in serialized data, a related issue to CVE-2015-8876. |
| 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-875-1, DSA-3732-1 |
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+deb7u8 | | DLA-875-1 | |
| php5 | source | jessie | 5.6.28+dfsg-0+deb8u1 | | DSA-3732-1 | |
| php5 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
| php7.0 | source | (unstable) | 7.0.13-1 | | | |
| php7.1 | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- php7.1 <not-affected> (Fixed before initial upload to Debian)
PHP Bug: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73093
Patch for 5.6.x: https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=40e7baab3c90001beee4c8f0ed0ef79ad18ee0d6 (5.6.28)
backported patch for 5.4: https://lists.debian.org/87efysy07p.fsf@curie.anarc.at