Directory Traversal Affecting php56-intl package, versions <0:5.6.12-1.116.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.6% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-PHP56INTL-1689981
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed19 Jan 2016

Introduced: 19 Jan 2016

CVE-2015-6833  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 php56-intl to version 0:5.6.12-1.116.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2015-585.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php56-intl package and not the php56-intl package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Directory traversal vulnerability in the PharData class in PHP before 5.4.44, 5.5.x before 5.5.28, and 5.6.x before 5.6.12 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a ZIP archive entry that is mishandled during an extractTo call.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1