NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting php-process-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
0.79% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-PHPPROCESSDEBUGINFO-3286143
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed15 Feb 2021

Introduced: 15 Feb 2021

CVE-2021-21702  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 php-process-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-process-debuginfo package and not the php-process-debuginfo package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In PHP versions 7.3.x below 7.3.27, 7.4.x below 7.4.15 and 8.0.x below 8.0.2, when using SOAP extension to connect to a SOAP server, a malicious SOAP server could return malformed XML data as a response that would cause PHP to access a null pointer and thus cause a crash.

CVSS Scores

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