Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201789230000000
Revision Date:2017-05-12Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-8923 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
Description:The zend_string_extend function in Zend/zend_string.h in PHP through 7.1.5 does not prevent changes to string objects that result in a negative length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging a script's use of .= with a long string.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-8923
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND php7.2: while related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore this issue (note: 'reached end-of-life').
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