Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-4070
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 159 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac OS X 10.11.x < 10.11.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities | 13 Jul 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Amazon Linux AMI : php56 / php55 (ALAS-2016-698) | 4 May 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DLA-499-1 : php5 security update | 1 Jun 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-3560-1 : php5 - security update | 28 Apr 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : php (EulerOS-SA-2019-2221) | 8 Nov 201900:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : php (EulerOS-SA-2019-2438) | 4 Dec 201900:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : php (EulerOS-SA-2019-2649) | 18 Dec 201900:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.6.0 : php (EulerOS-SA-2020-1747) | 1 Jul 202000:00 | – | nessus | |
| F5 Networks BIG-IP : PHP vulnerability (K42065024) | 21 Dec 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| HP System Management Homepage < 7.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (HPSBMU03653) (httpoxy) | 9 Nov 201600:00 | – | nessus |
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- Integer overflow in the php_raw_url_encode function in ext/standard/url.c in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x
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crash) via a long string to the rawurlencode function. NOTE: the vendor says Not sure if this qualifies
as security issue (probably not). (CVE-2016-4070)
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