Use After Free Affecting php-tidy package, versions <0:5.3.3-3.el6_1.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.58% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-PHPTIDY-1434159
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed13 Mar 2011

Introduced: 13 Mar 2011

CVE-2011-1148  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 php-tidy to version 0:5.3.3-3.el6_1.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2011:1423.

NVD Description

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

Use-after-free vulnerability in the substr_replace function in PHP 5.3.6 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by using the same variable for multiple arguments.

CVSS Scores

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