Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201412-23
=========================================
Severity: Moderate
Date    : 2014-12-19
CVE-ID  : CVE-2014-8142
Package : php
Type    : use after free
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE-2014

Summary
======
The package php before version 5.6.4-1 is suffering from a use after
free flaw leading to denial of service and possibly arbitrary code
execution.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 5.6.4-1.

# pacman -Syu "php>=5.6.4-1"

The problem has been fixed in version 5.6.4.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
A use-after-free flaw was found in PHP unserialize(). An untrusted input
could cause PHP interpreter to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary
code when processed using unserialize().

Impact
=====
A remote attacker able to pass crafted data to the unserialize function
is able to force a crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.

References
=========
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8142
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175718
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68545

ArchLinux: 201412-23: php: use after free

December 19, 2014

Summary

A use-after-free flaw was found in PHP unserialize(). An untrusted input could cause PHP interpreter to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when processed using unserialize().

Resolution

Upgrade to 5.6.4-1. # pacman -Syu "php>=5.6.4-1"
The problem has been fixed in version 5.6.4.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8142 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175718 https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68545

Severity
Package : php
Type : use after free
Remote : Yes
Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE-2014

Workaround

None.

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