NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting php7.4 package, versions <7.4.3-4ubuntu2.5


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.24% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-PHP74-1124668
  • published5 Jul 2021
  • 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 Ubuntu:20.04 php7.4 to version 7.4.3-4ubuntu2.5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream php7.4 package and not the php7.4 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 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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