CVE-2016-5771

NameCVE-2016-5771
Descriptionspl_array.c in the SPL extension in PHP before 5.5.37 and 5.6.x before 5.6.23 improperly interacts with the unserialize implementation and garbage collection, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via crafted serialized data.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-628-1, DSA-3618-1

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
php5sourcewheezy5.4.45-0+deb7u5DLA-628-1
php5sourcejessie5.6.23+dfsg-0+deb8u1DSA-3618-1
php5source(unstable)5.6.23+dfsg-1
php7.0source(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- php7.0 <not-affected> (Does not affect PHP 7.x)
PHP Bug: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72433
https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commitdiff;h=a44c89e8af7c2410f4bfc5e097be2a5d0639a60c
Fixed in 5.5.37, 5.6.23

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