SB2022022534 - SUSE update for php72



SB2022022534 - SUSE update for php72

Published: February 25, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022022534
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 33% Low 67%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-9253)

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

The weakness exists in the php-fpm master process due to improper processing of crafted PHP scripts. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted PHP script, trigger the php-fpm master process to restart a child process and cause the php-fpm master process the php-fpm master process to consume all available CPU resources and excessive amounts of disk space that results in denial of service.

2) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-8923)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation in zend_string_extend() function in Zend/zend_string.h when leveraging a script's use of ".=" with a long. The application does not prevent changes to string objects that can result in a negative length. A remote attacker can pass an overly long string to script, which uses ".=" operand on the supplied data and trigger application crash.

3) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-21707)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to inject arbitrary XML code.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the simplexml_load_file() PHP function when processing NULL byte character (e.g. %00). A remote attacker can pass specially crafted URL to the application and bypass implemented security restrictions.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.