SB2013011901 - Information disclosure in PHP
Published: January 19, 2013 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013011901
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6113)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The openssl_encrypt function in ext/openssl/openssl.c in PHP 5.3.9 through 5.3.13 does not initialize a certain variable, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory by providing zero bytes of input data.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.