Input validation error in PHP - CVE-2011-1470
Published: March 20, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45189
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-2011-1470
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The Zip extension in PHP before 5.3.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a ziparchive stream that is not properly handled by the stream_get_contents function.
Affected software
PHP
Gentoo Linux
dev-lang/php
Gentoo Linux
dev-lang/php
How to mitigate CVE-2011-1470
Install update from vendor's website.
dev-lang/php - update to 5.3.8
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
External References
- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53579
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:052
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:053
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46969
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0744