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PHP Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Last Update Date: 20 Mar 2015 10:44 Release Date: 20 Mar 2015 3174 Views

RISK: High Risk

TYPE: Servers - Web Servers

TYPE: Web Servers

Multiple vulnerabilities were identified in PHP.  A remote user can execute arbitrary code on the target system.

  1. A remote user can send specially crafted data to an application to trigger a use-after-free memory error in the unserialisation of objects in the DateTimeZone class.
  2. A remote user can send specially crafted data to trigger a memory handling error in the phar extension and potentially execute arbitrary code on the target system.
  3. A remote user can send specially crafted data to an application to trigger a heap overflow in the ereg extension and execute arbitrary code on the target system. The vulnerability resides in the Henry Spencer regex library. Only 32-bit systems are affected.

 


Impact

  • Remote Code Execution

System / Technologies affected

  • PHP prior to versions 5.4.38, 5.5.22, 5.6.6
  • 32-bit PHP

 


Solutions

Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.

  • Update to version 5.4.38, 5.5.22, 5.6.6
  • No official solution is currently available for 32-bit PHP.

 


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