SB2022030333 - SUSE update for php7
Published: March 3, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022030333
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) 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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.