PHP 5.3.3/5.3.4/5.3.5/5.3.6 socket_connect memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in PHP 5.3.3/5.3.4/5.3.5/5.3.6 (Programming Language Software). Affected is the function socket_connect. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 05/31/2011 by Marek Kroemeke with PHP (Website). The advisory is available at svn.php.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-1938 since 05/09/2011. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by Marek Kroemeke and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 57753 (Debian DSA-2399-2 : php5 - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350740 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for php: ALAS-2011-007).

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 (67606), Tenable (57753) and Exploit-DB (17318). See 56856, 59364, 58374 and 58373 for similar entries.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.9
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Marek Kroemeke
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Nessus ID: 57753
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-2399-2 : php5 - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 70716
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2399-1 (php5)
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05/23/2011 +14 days 🔍
05/25/2011 +2 days 🔍
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05/31/2011 +6 days 🔍
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08/18/2011 +74 days 🔍
02/01/2012 +167 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1146 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Product: php.org

Advisory: DSA-2399
Researcher: Marek Kroemeke
Organization: PHP
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-1938 (🔍)
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X-Force: 67606
Vulnerability Center: 31635 - PHP 5.3.3-5.3.6 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability via a Long Pathname for a Unix Socket, High
SecurityFocus: 49241 - PHP Versions Prior to 5.3.7 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 72644

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM
Updated: 11/08/2021 07:22 AM
Changes: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM (67), 03/23/2017 07:48 AM (20), 11/08/2021 07:03 AM (3), 11/08/2021 07:15 AM (1), 11/08/2021 07:22 AM (2)
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