VDB-53162 · CVE-2010-1917 · dsa-2089

PHP up to 5.3.2 fnmatch first resource management

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5.3	$0-$5k	0.00

A vulnerability was found in PHP up to 5.3.2 (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function fnmatch. The manipulation of the argument first with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Stack consumption vulnerability in PHP 5.2 through 5.2.13 and 5.3 through 5.3.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (PHP crash) via a crafted first argument to the fnmatch function, as demonstrated using a long string.

The weakness was disclosed 05/12/2010 by Stefan Esser (Website). The advisory is available at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-1917. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/13/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 48921 (Slackware 11.0 / 12.0 / 12.1 / 12.2 / 13.0 / 13.1 / current : php (SSA:2010-240-04)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Slackware Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118716 (Fedora Update for PHP-eaccelerator, PHP, maniadrive (FEDORA-2010-11481)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (58585) and Tenable (48921). The entries 53793, 53486, 53160 and 53159 are pretty similar.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 48921
Nessus Name: Slackware 11.0 / 12.0 / 12.1 / 12.2 / 13.0 / 13.1 / current : php (SSA:2010-240-04)
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OpenVAS ID: 68173
OpenVAS Name: Slackware Advisory SSA:2010-240-04 php
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05/11/2010 🔍
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08/29/2010 +72 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1661 days 🔍
09/13/2021 +2370 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: php.org

Advisory: dsa-2089
Researcher: Stefan Esser
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2010-1917 (🔍)
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X-Force: 58585
Vulnerability Center: 26951 - PHP 5.2 - 5.2.13 and 5.3 - 5.3.2 Stack Consumption Vulnerability Allows Remote DoS, Medium
SecurityFocus: 40948 - PHP 'SplObjectStorage' Unserializer Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 40860

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/13/2021 09:41
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (61), 03/03/2017 09:47 (11), 09/13/2021 09:36 (5), 09/13/2021 09:38 (1), 09/13/2021 09:41 (1)
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