SB2018072419 - Memory corruption in php5 (Alpine package) 



SB2018072419 - Memory corruption in php5 (Alpine package)

Published: July 24, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018072419
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14883)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to integer overflow when processing exif_read_data in any 32-bit system. A remote attacker can trigger heap-based buffer overflow in exif_thumbnail_extract of exif.c and cause the service to crash.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.