NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting php70-recode package, versions <0:7.0.14-1.20.amzn1
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- published27 Sept 2021
- disclosed4 Jan 2017
Introduced: 4 Jan 2017
CVE-2016-9934 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 php70-recode to version 0:7.0.14-1.20.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2017-788.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php70-recode package and not the php70-recode package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.
ext/wddx/wddx.c in PHP before 5.6.28 and 7.x before 7.0.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via crafted serialized data in a wddxPacket XML document, as demonstrated by a PDORow string.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94845
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73331
- https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/6045de69c7dedcba3eadf7c4bba424b19c81d00d
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9934
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/12/2
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1296
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-12/msg00142.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00034.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-01/msg00054.html