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Resource Exhaustion Affecting php7 package, versions <7.2.8-r0

Severity

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0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.58% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE312-PHP7-587809
  • published19 Feb 2018
  • disclosed19 Feb 2018
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Introduced: 19 Feb 2018

CVE-2015-9253  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.12 php7 to version 7.2.8-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php7 package and not the php7 package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.12 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in PHP 7.3.x before 7.3.0alpha3, 7.2.x before 7.2.8, and before 7.1.20. The php-fpm master process restarts a child process in an endless loop when using program execution functions (e.g., passthru, exec, shell_exec, or system) with a non-blocking STDIN stream, causing this master process to consume 100% of the CPU, and consume disk space with a large volume of error logs, as demonstrated by an attack by a customer of a shared-hosting facility.