CVE-2018-20783

Publication date 21 February 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

In PHP before 5.6.39, 7.x before 7.0.33, 7.1.x before 7.1.25, and 7.2.x before 7.2.13, a buffer over-read in PHAR reading functions may allow an attacker to read allocated or unallocated memory past the actual data when trying to parse a .phar file. This is related to phar_parse_pharfile in ext/phar/phar.c.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
php5 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
php7.0 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
php7.2 19.04 disco
Fixed 7.2.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
18.10 cosmic
Fixed 7.2.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 7.2.15-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
php7.3 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Notes

sbeattie

PEAR issues should go against php-pear as of xenial

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
php5

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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