Cryptographic issues in PHP - CVE-2015-8867
Published: May 22, 2016 / Updated: July 18, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU31457
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8867
CWE-ID: CWE-310
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: PHP Group
Affected software:
PHP
PHP
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The openssl_random_pseudo_bytes function in ext/openssl/openssl.c in PHP before 5.4.44, 5.5.x before 5.5.28, and 5.6.x before 5.6.12 incorrectly relies on the deprecated RAND_pseudo_bytes function, which makes it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms via unspecified vectors.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-8867
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=16023f3e3b9c06cf677c3c980e8d574e4c162827
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00031.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00033.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00056.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/24/1
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-2
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/php5/+bug/1534203
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70014