Use-after-free in PHP - CVE-2010-2225
Published: June 24, 2010 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33703
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-2225
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing serialized data, related to the PHP unserialize function. A remote attackers can execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
Affected software
PHP
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
php (Alpine package)
php
dev-lang/php
Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
php (Alpine package)
php
dev-lang/php
How to mitigate CVE-2010-2225
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
php (Alpine package) - update to 5.3.2-r8
php - update to 5.2.14
dev-lang/php - update to 5.3.8
php - update to 5.2.14
dev-lang/php - update to 5.3.8
External References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Aug/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00000.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133469208622507&w=2
- http://pastebin.com/mXGidCsd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40860
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4312
- http://twitter.com/i0n1c/statuses/16373156076
- http://twitter.com/i0n1c/statuses/16447867829
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2089
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40948
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605641
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59610