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A vulnerability was found in PHP up to 4.4.5 (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Signal Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
Race condition in the PCNTL extension in PHP before 5.3.4, when a user-defined signal handler exists, might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a large number of concurrent signals.
The weakness was disclosed 02/02/2011 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at bugs.php.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-0753. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56459 (GLSA-201110-06 : PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165188 (SUSE Security Update for Multiple Packages (SUSE-SR:2011:006)).
Upgrading to version 4.4.6 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (56459). The entries 53487, 53395, 53394 and 53391 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Race conditionCWE: CWE-362
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Nessus ID: 56459
Nessus Name: GLSA-201110-06 : PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801585
OpenVAS Name: PHP Multiple Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
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Upgrade: PHP 4.4.6
Timeline
09/06/2010 🔍09/06/2010 🔍
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10/13/2021 🔍
Sources
Product: php.orgAdvisory: bugs.php.net
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0753 (🔍)
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X-Force: 65431
Vulnerability Center: 29625 - PHP Before 5.3.4 Remote DoS Vulnerability via a Large Number of Concurrent Signals, Low
SecurityFocus: 46168 - PHP prior to 5.3.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Entry
Created: 03/20/2015 16:16Updated: 10/13/2021 16:00
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (61), 03/15/2017 12:26 (8), 10/13/2021 15:49 (5), 10/13/2021 15:55 (1), 10/13/2021 16:00 (1)
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