Use After Free Affecting php-mbstring-debuginfo package, versions <0:7.4.19-1.module+el8.5.0+696+61e7c9ba


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-PHPMBSTRINGDEBUGINFO-3285269
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed9 Sept 2020

Introduced: 9 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-7068  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 php-mbstring-debuginfo to version 0:7.4.19-1.module+el8.5.0+696+61e7c9ba or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2021:4213.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php-mbstring-debuginfo package and not the php-mbstring-debuginfo package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In PHP versions 7.2.x below 7.2.33, 7.3.x below 7.3.21 and 7.4.x below 7.4.9, while processing PHAR files using phar extension, phar_parse_zipfile could be tricked into accessing freed memory, which could lead to a crash or information disclosure.

CVSS Scores

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