Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting php-pspell package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.47% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PHPPSPELL-1348490
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed11 Mar 2016

Introduced: 11 Mar 2016

CVE-2016-4070  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 php-pspell.

NVD Description

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

Integer overflow in the php_raw_url_encode function in ext/standard/url.c in PHP before 5.5.34, 5.6.x before 5.6.20, and 7.x before 7.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string to the rawurlencode function. NOTE: the vendor says "Not sure if this qualifies as security issue (probably not).