SB2018120516 - Fedora 29 update for php
Published: December 5, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018120516
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
3
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19935)
CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to an error in imap_mail if message args is null. A remote attacker can trigger NULL pointer dereference in imap_mail and cause the service to crash.
2) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19935)
CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to NULL pointer dereference in _php_imap_mail when improper check of wheater message. A remote attacker can supply specially crafted message, trigger NULL pointer dereference and cause the service to crash.
3) Command injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19518)
CWE-ID: CWE-77 - Command injection
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to inject and execute arbitrary commands.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.