USN-9055-1

It was discovered that pecl_http incorrectly handled certain HTTP request parameters, leading to a type confusion. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause PHP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / php-pecl-http

Package

Name: php-pecl-http
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/php-pecl-http?arch=source&distro=esm-apps-legacy%2Fxenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.0.1-0ubuntu5+esm1

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.4-1build1

3.*

3.0.1-0ubuntu2

3.0.1-0ubuntu3

3.0.1-0ubuntu4

3.0.1-0ubuntu5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "php-pecl-http",
            "binary_version": "3.0.1-0ubuntu5+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2016-7398",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-9055-1.json"