Use After Free Affecting php56-pgsql package, versions <0:5.6.29-1.131.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.77% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-PHP56PGSQL-1703570
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed4 Jan 2017

Introduced: 4 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-9137  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 php56-pgsql 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-pgsql package and not the php56-pgsql package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CURLFile implementation in ext/curl/curl_file.c in PHP before 5.6.27 and 7.x before 7.0.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted serialized data that is mishandled during __wakeup processing.