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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 base score: 5.9

Status

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