Resource management error in PHP - CVE-2011-1657
Published: August 25, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44784
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1657
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The (1) ZipArchive::addGlob and (2) ZipArchive::addPattern functions in ext/zip/php_zip.c in PHP 5.3.6 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via certain flags arguments, as demonstrated by (a) GLOB_ALTDIRFUNC and (b) GLOB_APPEND.
Affected software
PHP
Gentoo Linux
dev-lang/php
Gentoo Linux
dev-lang/php
How to mitigate CVE-2011-1657
Install update from vendor's website.
dev-lang/php - update to 5.3.8
External References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/100
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8342
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=310814
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc/php/php-src/branches/PHP_5_3/ext/zip/php_zip.c?view=log
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:165
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/01/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/01/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/01/8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519385/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49252
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54681
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69320