Security restrictions bypass in PHP - #VU16328

 

Security restrictions bypass in PHP - #VU16328

Published: December 7, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16328
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: PHP Group
Affected software:
PHP

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.

The weakness exists due to BCMath reports some errors and warnings (such as "exponent too large in raise") by directly writing to stderr[1]. A remote attacker can bypass PHP's error handling.

Remediation

Update to version 7.3.0.

Sources