CVE-2016-4343
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 22, 2016 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:47 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsopenSUSEPHP
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
The phar_make_dirstream function in ext/phar/dirstream.c in PHP before 5.6.18 and 7.x before 7.0.3 mishandles zero-size ././@LongLink files, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 5.5.365.6.0 ≤ v < 5.6.187.0.0 ≤ v < 7.0.3
Affected range stops below 5.5.36, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.6.18, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.0.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (10)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00086.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.phpx_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.phpVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/28/2VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89179x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71331x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-824
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