Use After Free Affecting php55-php package, versions <0:5.5.6-13.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.68% (48th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PHP55PHP-4632405
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed29 Jun 2014

Introduced: 29 Jun 2014

CVE-2014-4698  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 php55-php to version 0:5.5.6-13.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:1766.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php55-php package and not the php55-php package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in ext/spl/spl_array.c in the SPL component in PHP through 5.5.14 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted ArrayIterator usage within applications in certain web-hosting environments.

CVSS Base Scores

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