Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting php7-readline package, versions <7.2.34-150000.4.103.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-PHP7READLINE-3135335
  • published19 Nov 2022
  • disclosed18 Nov 2022

Introduced: 18 Nov 2022

CVE-2022-31628  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 php7-readline to version 7.2.34-150000.4.103.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php7-readline package and not the php7-readline package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

In PHP versions before 7.4.31, 8.0.24 and 8.1.11, the phar uncompressor code would recursively uncompress "quines" gzip files, resulting in an infinite loop.

CVSS Scores

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