Out-of-Bounds Affecting php-embedded package, versions <0:5.4.16-23.el7_0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
15.66% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PHPEMBEDDED-4983306
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed27 Jun 2014

Introduced: 27 Jun 2014

CVE-2014-3478  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 php-embedded to version 0:5.4.16-23.el7_0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:1327.

NVD Description

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

Buffer overflow in the mconvert function in softmagic.c in file before 5.19, as used in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.30 and 5.5.x before 5.5.14, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted Pascal string in a FILE_PSTRING conversion.

CVSS Scores

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