Denial of service in PHP - #VU10351
Published: February 1, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10351
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to an error when handling malicious calls. A remote attacker can cause the fast CGI process to crash when PHP calls getenv() with a second parameter (local_only) of false.
The weakness exists due to an error when handling malicious calls. A remote attacker can cause the fast CGI process to crash when PHP calls getenv() with a second parameter (local_only) of false.
Affected software
PHP
Remediation
Update to version 7.2.2.