#VU9695 Deserialization of untrusted data in PHP - CVE-2017-11143

 

#VU9695 Deserialization of untrusted data in PHP - CVE-2017-11143

Published: December 19, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9695
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11143
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
PHP
Software vendor:
PHP Group

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in parser.c function due to deserialization of untrusted data. A remote attacker can inject specially crafted XML file and crash the PHP interpreter, related to an invalid free for an empty boolean element in ext/wddx/wddx.c.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

Remediation

Update to version 5.6.31.

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