Type confusion in PHP - CVE-2015-4600
Published: November 27, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16125
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-4600
CWE-ID: CWE-843
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to type confusion in the SoapClient implementation in PHP before 5.4.40, 5.5.x before 5.5.24, and 5.6.x before 5.6.8. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via an unexpected data type in the (1) SoapClient::__getLastRequest, (2) SoapClient::__getLastResponse, (3) SoapClient::__getLastRequestHeaders, (4) SoapClient::__getLastResponseHeaders, (5) SoapClient::__getCookies, and (6) SoapClient::__setCookie methods.
The weakness exists due to type confusion in the SoapClient implementation in PHP before 5.4.40, 5.5.x before 5.5.24, and 5.6.x before 5.6.8. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via an unexpected data type in the (1) SoapClient::__getLastRequest, (2) SoapClient::__getLastResponse, (3) SoapClient::__getLastRequestHeaders, (4) SoapClient::__getLastResponseHeaders, (5) SoapClient::__getCookies, and (6) SoapClient::__setCookie methods.
Affected software
PHP
php5 (Ubuntu package)
SUSE Linux
php5 (Ubuntu package)
SUSE Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2015-4600
Install update from vendor's website.
PHP - addressed in versions 5.4.40, 5.5.24, 5.6.8
php5 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.19, 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.11, 5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.6, 5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.2
php5 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.19, 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.11, 5.5.12+dfsg-2ubuntu4.6, 5.6.4+dfsg-4ubuntu6.2