Input validation error in PHP - CVE-2016-3185
Published: May 16, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40282
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3185
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: PHP Group
Affected software:
PHP
PHP
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to #BASIC_IMPACT#.
The make_http_soap_request function in ext/soap/php_http.c in PHP before 5.4.44, 5.5.x before 5.5.28, 5.6.x before 5.6.12, and 7.x before 7.0.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (type confusion and application crash) via crafted serialized _cookies data, related to the SoapClient::__call method in ext/soap/soap.c.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-3185
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00052.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00056.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00057.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00058.html
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84307
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2952-2
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70081
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71610
- https://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=eaf4e77190d402ea014207e9a7d5da1a4f3727ba