SB2021111918 - SUSE update for php72
Published: November 19, 2021
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-21703)
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists in the way PHP handles shared memory access, when using PHP FPM SAPI with main FPM daemon process running as root and child worker processes running as lower-privileged users. A child process can access shared memory with the main process and write to it. As a result, it is possible to cause the root process to conduct invalid memory reads and writes with root privileges. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds write error and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.