Out-of-bounds read in PHP - CVE-2017-11145

 

Out-of-bounds read in PHP - CVE-2017-11145

Published: October 27, 2017 / Updated: November 10, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8965
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11145
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds read in timelib_meridian(). A remote attacker can read arbitrary data on the target system.

Affected software

PHP
Debian Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power
php5 (Ubuntu package)
php (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2017-11145

Update to version 5.6.32.

php5 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.28
php (Debian package) - update to 5.6.33+dfsg-0+deb8u1

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