Use After Free Affecting php-xml package, versions <0:5.4.16-36.el7_1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.56% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PHPXML-4556035
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed24 Jan 2015

Introduced: 24 Jan 2015

CVE-2015-2301  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 php-xml to version 0:5.4.16-36.el7_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:1135.

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 the phar_rename_archive function in phar_object.c in PHP before 5.5.22 and 5.6.x before 5.6.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors that trigger an attempted renaming of a Phar archive to the name of an existing file.

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