# CVE-2019-9675: An issue was discovered in PHP 7.x before 7.1.27 and 7.3.x before 7.3.3.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-03-11 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in PHP 7.x before 7.1.27 and 7.3.x before 7.3.3. phar_tar_writeheaders_int in ext/phar/tar.c has a buffer overflow via a long link value. NOTE: The vendor indicates that the link value is used only when an archive contains a symlink, which currently cannot happen: "This issue allows theoretical compromise of security, but a practical attack is usually impossible.

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## Related

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## References

- http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77586
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3922-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3922-3/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00104.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00041.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00044.html

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