Use After Free Affecting php56-mssql package, versions <0:5.6.24-1.126.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    6.33% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN201803-PHP56MSSQL-1700744
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 7 Aug 2016

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 php56-mssql to version 0:5.6.24-1.126.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2016-728.

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.

php_zip.c in the zip extension in PHP before 5.5.37, 5.6.x before 5.6.23, and 7.x before 7.0.8 improperly interacts with the unserialize implementation and garbage collection, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and application crash) via crafted serialized data containing a ZipArchive object.