A vulnerability has been found in PHP up to 5.3.25 (Programming Language Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function _pdo_pqsql_error. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was published 05/30/2013 as 64949 as confirmed bug report (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at bugs.php.net. The public release has been coordinated with the project team. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

Applying the patch 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.

Similar entries are available at VDB-222029, VDB-227225, VDB-231786 and VDB-236619.

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• Programming Language Software

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• PHP

Version

• 5.3.0
• 5.3.1
• 5.3.2
• 5.3.3
• 5.3.4
• 5.3.5
• 5.3.6
• 5.3.7
• 5.3.8
• 5.3.9
• 5.3.10
• 5.3.11
• 5.3.12
• 5.3.13
• 5.3.14
• 5.3.15
• 5.3.16
• 5.3.17
• 5.3.18
• 5.3.19
• 5.3.20
• 5.3.21
• 5.3.22
• 5.3.23
• 5.3.24
• 5.3.25

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• open-source

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