Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201412-23 ========================================== Severity: Moderate Date : 2014-12-19 CVE-ID : CVE-2014-8142 Package : php Type : use after free Remote : Yes Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CVE-2014 Summary ======= The package php before version 5.6.4-1 is suffering from a use after free flaw leading to denial of service and possibly arbitrary code execution. Resolution ========== Upgrade to 5.6.4-1. # pacman -Syu "php>=5.6.4-1" The problem has been fixed in version 5.6.4. Workaround ========== None. Description =========== A use-after-free flaw was found in PHP unserialize(). An untrusted input could cause PHP interpreter to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when processed using unserialize(). Impact ====== A remote attacker able to pass crafted data to the unserialize function is able to force a crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. References ========== https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8142 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175718 https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68545