Algorithmic Complexity Affecting php-xml package, versions <0:5.4.16-23.el7_0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.44% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PHPXML-4995390
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed31 Dec 2011

Introduced: 31 Dec 2011

CVE-2013-7345  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-407  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 php-xml to version 0:5.4.16-23.el7_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:1013.

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.

The BEGIN regular expression in the awk script detector in magic/Magdir/commands in file before 5.15 uses multiple wildcards with unlimited repetitions, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted ASCII file that triggers a large amount of backtracking, as demonstrated via a file with many newline characters.

CVSS Scores

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