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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7398

A type confusion vulnerability in the merge_param() function of php_http_params.c in PHP's pecl-http extension 3.1.0beta2 (PHP 7) and earlier as well...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

A type confusion vulnerability in the merge_param() function of php_http_params.c in PHP's pecl-http extension 3.1.0beta2 (PHP 7) and earlier as well as 2.6.0beta2 (PHP 5) and earlier allows attackers to crash PHP and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP requests.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 php-pecl-http

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1.0+2.6.0-1"}]}]

Debian:13 php-pecl-http

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1.0+2.6.0-1"}]}]

Debian:14 php-pecl-http

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.1.0+2.6.0-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org