CVE-2017-8923

NameCVE-2017-8923
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs881538, 881539

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
php7.0source(unstable)(unfixed)881538
php7.1source(unstable)(unfixed)881539

Notes

[stretch] - php7.0 <ignored> (Minor issue)
PHP Bug: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=74577
(Duplicate of) PHP Bug: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73122

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