CVE-2015-6838

Publication date 9 September 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

The xsl_ext_function_php function in ext/xsl/xsltprocessor.c in PHP before 5.4.45, 5.5.x before 5.5.29, and 5.6.x before 5.6.13, when libxml2 before 2.9.2 is used, does not consider the possibility of a NULL valuePop return value before proceeding with a free operation after the principal argument loop, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted XML document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6837.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
php5	15.04 vivid	Fixed 5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.3
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.20

Notes

sbeattie

DoS only?

mdeslaur

same commit as CVE-2015-6837

Patch details

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

Package	Patch details
php5	Upstream: http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=1744be2d17befc69bf00033993f4081852a747d6

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	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2758-1
PHP vulnerabilities
30 September 2015