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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-6838: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-6838: PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/16/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

The xsl_ext_function_php function in ext/xsl/xsltprocessor.c in PHP before 5.4.45, 5.5.x before 5.5.29, and 5.6.x before 5.6.13, when libxml2 before 2.9.2 is used, does not consider the possibility of a NULL valuePop return value before proceeding with a free operation after the principal argument loop, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted XML document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6837.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-lang-php

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