Type confusion in PHP - CVE-2015-4601
Published: July 6, 2015 / Updated: November 27, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16126
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-2015-4601
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 (1) ext/soap/php_encoding.c, (2) ext/soap/php_http.c, and (3) ext/soap/soap.c in PHP before 5.6.7. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via an unexpected data type.
The weakness exists due to type confusion in (1) ext/soap/php_encoding.c, (2) ext/soap/php_http.c, and (3) ext/soap/soap.c in PHP before 5.6.7. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via an unexpected data type.
Affected software
PHP
php5 (Ubuntu package)
SUSE Linux
php5 (Ubuntu package)
SUSE Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2015-4601
Install update from vendor's website.
PHP - update to 5.6.7
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