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SUSE-SU-2016:1277-1 Not scored

Security update for php5

This update for php5 fixes the following security issues: - CVE-2016-4073: A remote attacker could have caused denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code, due to incorrect handling of string length calculations in mb_strcut() (bsc#977003) - CVE-2015-8867: The PHP function openssl_random_pseudo_bytes() did not return cryptographically secure random bytes (bsc#977005) - CVE-2016-4070: The libxml_disable_entity_loader() setting was shared between threads, which could have resulted in XML external entity injection and entity expansion issues (bsc#976997) - CVE-2015-8866: A remote attacker could have caused denial of service due to incorrect handling of large strings in php_raw_url_encode() (bsc#976996) - CVE-2016-4071: A remote attacker could have caused denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code, due to incorrect handling of string formatting in php_snmp_error() (bsc#977000)

Exploit probability Not scored
Published May 11, 2016
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Web and Scripting 12 php5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 php5
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1 php5

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2016:1277-1

This update for php5 fixes the following security issues: - CVE-2016-4073: A remote attacker could have caused denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code, due to incorrect handling of string length calculations in mb_strcut() (bsc#977003) - CVE-2015-8867: The PHP function openssl_random_pseudo_bytes() did not return cryptographically secure random bytes (bsc#977005) - CVE-2016-4070: The libxml_disable_entity_loader() setting was shared between threads, which could have resulted in XML external entity injection and entity expansion issues (bsc#976997) - CVE-2015-8866: A remote attacker could have caused denial of service due to incorrect handling of large strings in php_raw_url_encode() (bsc#976996) - CVE-2016-4071: A remote attacker could have caused denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code, due to incorrect handling of string formatting in php_snmp_error() (bsc#977000)

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05 / REFERENCES

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