CVE-2015-6838 Affecting php56-mssql package, versions <0:5.6.14-1.119.amzn1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN201803-PHP56MSSQL-1691002
- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 16 May 2016
Introduced: 16 May 2016
CVE-2015-6838 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 php56-mssql to version 0:5.6.14-1.119.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2015-601.
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 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.