SB2014061015 - Infinite loop in php (Alpine package)



SB2014061015 - Infinite loop in php (Alpine package)

Published: June 10, 2014

Security Bulletin ID SB2014061015
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0238)

CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in the cdf_read_property_info function in cdf.c in the Fileinfo component in PHP before 5.4.29 and 5.5.x before 5.5.13. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds memory access via a vector that (1) has zero length or (2) is too long and cause the service to crash.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.