Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting rh-php71-php-enchant package, versions <0:7.1.30-1.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RHPHP71PHPENCHANT-4799642
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed25 Nov 2017

Introduced: 25 Nov 2017

CVE-2018-5711  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 rh-php71-php-enchant to version 0:7.1.30-1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:2519.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rh-php71-php-enchant package and not the rh-php71-php-enchant package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

gd_gif_in.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd), as used in PHP before 5.6.33, 7.0.x before 7.0.27, 7.1.x before 7.1.13, and 7.2.x before 7.2.1, has an integer signedness error that leads to an infinite loop via a crafted GIF file, as demonstrated by a call to the imagecreatefromgif or imagecreatefromstring PHP function. This is related to GetCode_ and gdImageCreateFromGifCtx.