Information disclosure in PHP
| Risk | Medium |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2012-6113 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-200 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
PHP Universal components / Libraries / Scripting languages |
| Vendor | PHP Group |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure
EUVDB-ID: #VU43164
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6113
CWE-ID:
CWE-200 - Information exposure
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe 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.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsPHP: 5.3.9 - 5.3.13
External linkshttp://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=270a406ac94b5fc5cc9ef59fc61e3b4b95648a3e
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/18/6
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1702-1
http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/+bug/1099793
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=61413
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
