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CVE-2015-8878

Published: 22 May 2016

main/php_open_temporary_file.c in PHP before 5.5.28 and 5.6.x before 5.6.12 does not ensure thread safety, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (race condition and heap memory corruption) by leveraging an application that performs many temporary-file accesses.

Notes

AuthorNote
tyhicks
Thread safety is disabled in Ubuntu's php5 builds

Priority

Unknown

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.9

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
php5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Not vulnerable
(Thread safety is disabled)
trusty Not vulnerable
(Thread safety is disabled)
upstream
Released (5.6.12)
wily Not vulnerable
(Thread safety is disabled)
xenial Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.9
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H