NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting php5 package, versions <5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.25


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
8.12% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-PHP5-394629
  • published29 Apr 2018
  • disclosed29 Apr 2018

Introduced: 29 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-10548  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 php5 to version 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.25 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php5 package and not the php5 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in PHP before 5.6.36, 7.0.x before 7.0.30, 7.1.x before 7.1.17, and 7.2.x before 7.2.5. ext/ldap/ldap.c allows remote LDAP servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) because of mishandling of the ldap_get_dn return value.