Resource Exhaustion Affecting php7.0 package, versions <7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm3


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.56% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-PHP70-386524
  • published21 May 2017
  • disclosed21 May 2017

Introduced: 21 May 2017

CVE-2017-9119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 php7.0 to version 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.16+esm3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php7.0 package and not the php7.0 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The i_zval_ptr_dtor function in Zend/zend_variables.h in PHP 7.1.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering crafted operations on array data structures.