Segmentation fault in PHP - #VU16919
Published: January 10, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16919
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to the function spl_autoload converts class name to lower case and later tries to free this string. A remote attacker can trigger spl_autoload segfault and cause the service to crash.
The weakness exists due to the function spl_autoload converts class name to lower case and later tries to free this string. A remote attacker can trigger spl_autoload segfault and cause the service to crash.
Affected software
PHP
Remediation
Update to version 7.3.1.
PHP - update to 7.3.1