Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') Affecting rh-php56-php-pear package, versions <1:1.9.5-4.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.51% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RHPHP56PHPPEAR-4692226
  • published1 Nov 2021
  • disclosed23 Jun 2016

Introduced: 23 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-5770  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-843  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 rh-php56-php-pear to version 1:1.9.5-4.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2750.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rh-php56-php-pear package and not the rh-php56-php-pear package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Integer overflow in the SplFileObject::fread function in spl_directory.c in the SPL extension in PHP before 5.5.37 and 5.6.x before 5.6.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large integer argument, a related issue to CVE-2016-5096.

CVSS Scores

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