CVE-2015-6838 Affecting php54-bcmath package, versions <0:5.4.45-1.75.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.78% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-PHP54BCMATH-1694570
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed16 May 2016

Introduced: 16 May 2016

CVE-2015-6838  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 php54-bcmath to version 0:5.4.45-1.75.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2016-670.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php54-bcmath package and not the php54-bcmath package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

The xsl_ext_function_php function in ext/xsl/xsltprocessor.c in PHP before 5.4.45, 5.5.x before 5.5.29, and 5.6.x before 5.6.13, when libxml2 before 2.9.2 is used, does not consider the possibility of a NULL valuePop return value before proceeding with a free operation after the principal argument loop, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted XML document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6837.

CVSS Scores

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