Out-of-Bounds Affecting php7-wddx package, versions <7.2.5-4.32.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.32% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-SLES150-PHP7WDDX-2751606
  • published 14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 11 Jun 2019

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 php7-wddx to version 7.2.5-4.32.1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

An issue was discovered in PHP 7.x before 7.1.27 and 7.3.x before 7.3.3. phar_tar_writeheaders_int in ext/phar/tar.c has a buffer overflow via a long link value. NOTE: The vendor indicates that the link value is used only when an archive contains a symlink, which currently cannot happen: "This issue allows theoretical compromise of security, but a practical attack is usually impossible.