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A vulnerability was discovered in PHPUnit which may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary PHP code.
| Package | dev-php/phpunit on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 5.7.15-r1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 5.7.15-r1 |
PHPUnit is a programmer-oriented testing framework for PHP. It is an instance of the xUnit architecture for unit testing frameworks.
When PHPUnit is installed in a production environment via composer and these modules are in a web accessible directory, the eval-stdin.php file in PHPUnit contains vulnerable statements that trigger the vulnerability.
A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary PHP code or cause a Denial of Service condition.
There are several ways to fix or mitigate this vulnerability:
Remove PHPUnit from the production environment.
Update PHPUnit.
Manually apply the patch.
Disable direct access to the composer packages by placing .htaccess file to /vendor folder.
All PHPUnit users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-php/phpunit-5.7.15-r1"
Release date
November 19, 2017
Latest revision
November 19, 2017: 1
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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