Double Free Affecting php55-fpm package, versions <0:5.5.38-1.116.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
14.19% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-PHP55FPM-1699567
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed7 Aug 2016

Introduced: 7 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-5768  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 php55-fpm to version 0:5.5.38-1.116.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2016-728.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php55-fpm package and not the php55-fpm package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Double free vulnerability in the _php_mb_regex_ereg_replace_exec function in php_mbregex.c in the mbstring extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) by leveraging a callback exception.