SUSE: 2022:0699-1 Moderate: php7 Denial of Service Threat
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March 3, 2022
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Summary
This update for php7 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2017-8923: Fixed denial of service (application crash) when using . with a long string (zend_string_extend func in Zend/zend_string.h) (bsc#1038980). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting 15-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-15-SP3-2022-699=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP3-2022-699=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
Topics Covered
References
#1038980
Cross- CVE-2017-8923
CVSS scores:
CVE-2017-8923 (NVD) : 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2017-8923 (SUSE): 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting 15-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15-SP3
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
SUSE Manager Server 4.2
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8923.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1038980
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Rating: moderate
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