Format string error in PHP - CVE-2011-1153
Published: March 17, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45221
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-2011-1153
CWE-ID: CWE-134
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in phar_object.c in the phar extension in PHP 5.3.5 and earlier allow context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory, cause a denial of service (memory corruption), or possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an argument to a class method, leading to an incorrect zend_throw_exception_ex call.
Affected software
PHP
Gentoo Linux
dev-lang/php
Gentoo Linux
dev-lang/php
How to mitigate CVE-2011-1153
Install update from vendor's website.
dev-lang/php - update to 5.3.8
External References
- http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54247
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057709.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/057710.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056642.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/13
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/14
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/14/24
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43744
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
- http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=309221
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2266
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:052
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:053
- http://www.php.net/archive/2011.php
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- http://www.php.net/releases/5_3_6.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46854
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0744
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0764
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0890
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688378
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66079