Out-of-bounds Read Affecting php56-mssql package, versions <0:5.6.29-1.131.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    2.93% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN201803-PHP56MSSQL-1703980
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 4 Jan 2017

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 php56-mssql to version 0:5.6.29-1.131.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2017-787.

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 php_wddx_push_element function in ext/wddx/wddx.c in PHP before 5.6.29 and 7.x before 7.0.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an empty boolean element in a wddxPacket XML document.