Use After Free Affecting php-xml 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
0.25% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PHPXML-4483758
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed29 Jun 2014

Introduced: 29 Jun 2014

CVE-2014-4670  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 php-xml 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-xml package and not the php-xml 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_dllist.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 iterator usage within applications in certain web-hosting environments.

CVSS Scores

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