NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting php package, versions <0:5.3.3-14.el6_3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Mature
EPSS
3.82% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-PHP-2060216
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Jan 2012

Introduced: 10 Jan 2012

CVE-2011-4153  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 php to version 0:5.3.3-14.el6_3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php package and not the php package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

PHP 5.3.8 does not always check the return value of the zend_strndup function, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via crafted input to an application that performs strndup operations on untrusted string data, as demonstrated by the define function in zend_builtin_functions.c, and unspecified functions in ext/soap/php_sdl.c, ext/standard/syslog.c, ext/standard/browscap.c, ext/oci8/oci8.c, ext/com_dotnet/com_typeinfo.c, and main/php_open_temporary_file.c.

CVSS Scores

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