Null Byte Interaction Error (Poison Null Byte) Affecting php-mysql 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
0.54% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PHPMYSQL-4483061
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed31 Jul 2014

Introduced: 31 Jul 2014

CVE-2014-5120  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-626  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 php-mysql 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-mysql package and not the php-mysql package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

gd_ctx.c in the GD component in PHP 5.4.x before 5.4.32 and 5.5.x before 5.5.16 does not ensure that pathnames lack %00 sequences, which might allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via crafted input to an application that calls the (1) imagegd, (2) imagegd2, (3) imagegif, (4) imagejpeg, (5) imagepng, (6) imagewbmp, or (7) imagewebp function.

CVSS Scores

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