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CVE-2015-8866

Publication date 22 May 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.6 · Critical

Score breakdown

ext/libxml/libxml.c in PHP before 5.5.22 and 5.6.x before 5.6.6, when PHP-FPM is used, does not isolate each thread from libxml_disable_entity_loader changes in other threads, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) and XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attacks via a crafted XML document, a related issue to CVE-2015-5161.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
php5 16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
15.10 wily
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.16
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.22

Patch details

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Package Patch details
php5

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.6 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H