CVE-2016-4071

Publication date 25 April 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Format string vulnerability in the php_snmp_error function in ext/snmp/snmp.c in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x before 5.6.20, and 7.x before 7.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an SNMP::get call.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
php5	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	15.10 wily	Fixed 5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.16
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
php7.0	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 7.0.4-7ubuntu2.1
	15.10 wily	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
php5	Upstream: https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=6e25966544fb1d2f3d7596e060ce9c9269bbdcf8
php7.0	Upstream: https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=9c19a08b9daed6bae3071dd25742f59a59618823

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2984-1
PHP vulnerabilities
24 May 2016