SB2023011946 - Input validation error in PHP
Published: January 19, 2023 Updated: June 8, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023011946
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2009-2687)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The exif_read_data function in the Exif module in PHP before 5.2.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed JPEG image with invalid offset fields, a different issue than CVE-2005-3353.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_2_10.php
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35441
- http://osvdb.org/55222
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35440
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1632
- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=48378
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:167
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:145
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36462
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37482
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1940
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40262
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127680701405735&w=2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51253
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6655
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10695
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/824-1/