Out-of-bounds Read Affecting php56-mssql package, versions <0:5.6.9-1.112.amzn1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN201803-PHP56MSSQL-1686135
- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 14 Jan 2020
How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 php56-mssql to version 0:5.6.9-1.112.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2015-536.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php56-mssql package and not the php56-mssql package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.
The compile_branch function in PCRE before 8.37 allows context-dependent attackers to compile incorrect code, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read and crash), or possibly have other unspecified impact via a regular expression with a group containing a forward reference repeated a large number of times within a repeated outer group that has a zero minimum quantifier.