Stack-based buffer overflow in PHP - CVE-2017-11362
Published: July 6, 2017 / Updated: September 26, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7352
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11362
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The weakness exists due to stack buffer overflow in line 142 when parsing locale in msgfmt_parse_message(). A remote attacker can trigger an error when passing overtly long slocale into libicu's umsg_open() that may lead to out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code with web server privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists due to stack buffer overflow in line 142 when parsing locale in msgfmt_parse_message(). A remote attacker can trigger an error when passing overtly long slocale into libicu's umsg_open() that may lead to out-of-bounds write and execute arbitrary code with web server privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
Affected software
PHP
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power
How to mitigate CVE-2017-11362
Update to version 7.0.21.