SB2018072109 - Infinite loop in php7 (Alpine package)
Published: July 21, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018072109
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10546)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to infinite loop. A remote attacker can use a stream filter with convert.iconv and not enough input bytes, trigger an infinite loop, one CPU Core at 100% and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.