Input validation error in PHP - CVE-2011-4885
Published: December 30, 2011 / Updated: July 29, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32831
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4885
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: PHP Group
Affected software:
PHP
PHP
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
PHP before 5.3.9 computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted parameters.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-4885
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0181.html
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03360041
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00016.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132871655717248&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0071.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47404
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48668
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=321003
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=321040
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2399
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18296
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18305
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903934
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:197
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150
- http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2012-392727.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2012-0019.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51193
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026473
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72021
- https://github.com/FireFart/HashCollision-DOS-POC/blob/master/HashtablePOC.py