CVE-2015-8878
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
Find out more about CVE-2015-8878 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | php55-php | Not affected |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-php56-php | Not affected |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | php54-php | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | php | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | php | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php53 | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | php | Not affected |
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