PHP 5.5.20/5.6.0/5.6.3/5.6.15.6.2 memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in PHP 5.5.20/5.6.0/5.6.3/5.6.15.6.2 (Programming Language Software). Affected is some unknown functionality. 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 availability.

The weakness was published 12/31/2014 by Salvatore Bonaccorso as confirmed mailinglist post (oss-sec). The advisory is available at seclists.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-9427 since 12/30/2014. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 81320 (Amazon Linux AMI : php55 (ALAS-2015-474)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350228 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for php55: ALAS-2015-474).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.php.net. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (99590) and Tenable (81320). Similar entries are available at 68959 and 68960.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 81320
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : php55 (ALAS-2015-474)
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OpenVAS ID: 14611
OpenVAS Name: Amazon Linux Local Check: alas-2015-475
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Patch: f9ad3086693fce680fbe246e4a45aa92edd2ac35

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Sourcesinfo

Product: php.org

Advisory: 68618
Researcher: Salvatore Bonaccorso
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-9427 (🔍)
X-Force: 99590 - PHP php-cgi denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityTracker: 1031627
Vulnerability Center: 56870 - PHP Remote Code Execution and Information Disclosure due to Out-of-Bound Read in \x27cgi_main.c\x27, High
SecurityFocus: 71833 - PHP 'cgi_main.c' Out of Bounds Read Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/06/2015 12:27
Updated: 03/01/2022 19:48
Changes: 01/06/2015 12:27 (75), 08/24/2018 09:26 (10), 03/01/2022 19:33 (5), 03/01/2022 19:41 (1), 03/01/2022 19:48 (1)
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