A vulnerability was found in PHP up to 5.6.39/7.1.25/7.2.13/7.3.0 (Programming Language Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function phar_detect_phar_fname_ext of the file ext/phar/phar.c of the component phar. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in PHP before 5.6.40, 7.x before 7.1.26, 7.2.x before 7.2.14, and 7.3.x before 7.3.1. A heap-based buffer over-read in PHAR reading functions in the PHAR extension may allow an attacker to read allocated or unallocated memory past the actual data when trying to parse the file name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-20783. This is related to phar_detect_phar_fname_ext in ext/phar/phar.c.

The bug was discovered 02/22/2019. The weakness was published 02/22/2019 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-9021 since 02/22/2019. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 176624 (Debian Security Update for php7.0 (DSA 4398-1)).

Upgrading to version 5.6.40, 7.1.26, 7.2.14 or 7.3.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

Similar entries are available at 131077, 131109, 131111 and 131112.

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• Programming Language Software

Name

• PHP

Version

• 5.6.0
• 5.6.1
• 5.6.2
• 5.6.3
• 5.6.4
• 5.6.5
• 5.6.6
• 5.6.7
• 5.6.8
• 5.6.9
• 5.6.10
• 5.6.11
• 5.6.12
• 5.6.13
• 5.6.14
• 5.6.15
• 5.6.16
• 5.6.17
• 5.6.18
• 5.6.19
• 5.6.20
• 5.6.21
• 5.6.22
• 5.6.23
• 5.6.24
• 5.6.25
• 5.6.26
• 5.6.27
• 5.6.28
• 5.6.29
• 5.6.30
• 5.6.31
• 5.6.32
• 5.6.33
• 5.6.34
• 5.6.35
• 5.6.36
• 5.6.37
• 5.6.38
• 5.6.39
• 7.0
• 7.1
• 7.1.0
• 7.1.1
• 7.1.2
• 7.1.3
• 7.1.4
• 7.1.5
• 7.1.6
• 7.1.7
• 7.1.8
• 7.1.9
• 7.1.10
• 7.1.11
• 7.1.12
• 7.1.13
• 7.1.14
• 7.1.15
• 7.1.16
• 7.1.17
• 7.1.18
• 7.1.19
• 7.1.20
• 7.1.21
• 7.1.22
• 7.1.23
• 7.1.24
• 7.1.25
• 7.2
• 7.2.0
• 7.2.1
• 7.2.2
• 7.2.3
• 7.2.4
• 7.2.5
• 7.2.6
• 7.2.7
• 7.2.8
• 7.2.9
• 7.2.10
• 7.2.11
• 7.2.12
• 7.2.13
• 7.3

License

• open-source

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