Use After Free Affecting rh-php71-php-ldap package, versions <0:7.1.30-1.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.37% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RHPHP71PHPLDAP-4800519
  • published1 Nov 2021
  • disclosed20 Feb 2017

Introduced: 20 Feb 2017

CVE-2017-12932  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 rh-php71-php-ldap 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-ldap package and not the rh-php71-php-ldap package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

ext/standard/var_unserializer.re in PHP 7.0.x through 7.0.22 and 7.1.x through 7.1.8 is prone to a heap use after free while unserializing untrusted data, related to improper use of the hash API for key deletion in a situation with an invalid array size. Exploitation of this issue can have an unspecified impact on the integrity of PHP.