{"id":"USN-3059-1","summary":"xmlrpc-epi vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that xmlrpc-epi incorrectly handled lengths in the\nsimplestring_addn function. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause\napplications using xmlrpc-epi such as PHP to crash, resulting in a denial\nof service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:27:01.219930Z","published":"2016-08-10T16:58:58Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6296"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-6296","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6296"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3059-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6296"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"xmlrpc-epi","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/xmlrpc-epi@0.54.2-1.1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.54.2-1.1ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["0.54.2-1.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libxmlrpc-epi0","binary_version":"0.54.2-1.1ubuntu0.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3059-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-6296","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}