Risk | High |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2020-7059 |
CWE-ID | CWE-125 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
php7 (Alpine package) Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
Vendor | Alpine Linux Development Team |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU25109
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 7.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7059
CWE-ID:
CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information or perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition when using the "fgetss()" function to read data with stripping tags. A remote attacker can supply data that will cause this function to read past the allocated buffer, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or crash the application.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsphp7 (Alpine package): 7.2.5-r0 - 7.2.26-r0
External linkshttp://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=37674ae79d4a86d8c65e91229951ff777ec29540
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=ec9d680b52bf5f756d39d57cd415ef638a1aac60
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=42c07d47c295b72e57f7dc851d590097aa6053ff
http://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=68838633d9df28ddca4f065d839b033d943bbb7b
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.