#VU10334 Deserialization of untrusted data in PHP - CVE-2016-9138
Published: January 4, 2017 / Updated: April 5, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10334
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9138
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
PHP
PHP
Software vendor:
PHP Group
PHP Group
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to unsafe handling of serialized data when processing property modification during __wakeup(). A remote attacker can pass specially crafted serialized data to the application and cause denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to unsafe handling of serialized data when processing property modification during __wakeup(). A remote attacker can pass specially crafted serialized data to the application and cause denial of service attack.
Remediation
Update to version 5.6.28 or 7.0.13.