PHP 5.4.41/5.5.25/5.6.9 ftp_genlist memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in PHP 5.4.41/5.5.25/5.6.9 (Programming Language Software). Affected by this issue is the function ftp_genlist. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 06/18/2015 by Tomas Hoger as confirmed mailinglist post (oss-sec). The advisory is shared for download at seclists.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-4643 since 06/18/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84326 (FreeBSD : php5 -- multiple vulnerabilities (cdff0af2-1492-11e5-a1cf-002590263bf5)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350141 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for php54: ALAS-2015-561).

Upgrading to version 5.4.42, 5.6.10 or 5.5.26 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (103926), Tenable (84326), SecurityFocus (BID 75291†), SecurityTracker (ID 1032709†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-50646†).

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 84326
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : php5 -- multiple vulnerabilities (cdff0af2-1492-11e5-a1cf-002590263bf5)
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OpenVAS ID: 703344
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3344-1 (php5 - security update)
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Upgrade: PHP 5.4.42/5.6.10/5.5.26
Patch: 0765623d6991b62ffcd93ddb6be8a5203a2fa7e2

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Product: php.org

Advisory: 69545
Researcher: Tomas Hoger
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CVE: CVE-2015-4643 (🔍)
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X-Force: 103926 - PHP ftp_genlist() buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 75291 - PHP 'ftp_genlist()' Function Incomplete Fix Integer Overflow Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1032709 - PHP Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service and Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 50646 - PHP 5.4 - 5.4.40, 5.5 - 5.5.24, 5.6 - 5.6.8 Remote Code Execution due to Integer Overflow in ftp_genlist() - CVE-2015-4643, High

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Created: 06/19/2015 10:45
Updated: 05/21/2022 13:00
Changes: 06/19/2015 10:45 (86), 07/01/2017 08:00 (5), 05/21/2022 12:45 (7), 05/21/2022 12:53 (1), 05/21/2022 13:00 (1)
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