SB2014021503 - Information disclosure in PHP
Published: February 15, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014021503
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-2012-1171)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The libxml RSHUTDOWN function in PHP 5.x allows remote attackers to bypass the open_basedir protection mechanism and read arbitrary files via vectors involving a stream_close method call during use of a custom stream wrapper.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.