Out-of-Bounds Affecting php-mbstring package, versions <0:7.2.24-1.module+el8.2.0+4601+7c76a223


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.75% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-PHPMBSTRING-2030903
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed5 Dec 2018

Introduced: 5 Dec 2018

CVE-2019-9020  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 php-mbstring to version 0:7.2.24-1.module+el8.2.0+4601+7c76a223 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php-mbstring package and not the php-mbstring package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in PHP before 5.6.40, 7.x before 7.1.26, 7.2.x before 7.2.14, and 7.3.x before 7.3.1. Invalid input to the function xmlrpc_decode() can lead to an invalid memory access (heap out of bounds read or read after free). This is related to xml_elem_parse_buf in ext/xmlrpc/libxmlrpc/xml_element.c.