HHVM up to 4.28.1 APC NULL Byte poison null byte

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in HHVM up to 4.28.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component APC Handler. The manipulation as part of NULL Byte results in poison null byte. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2019-11936. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in HHVM up to 4.28.1. Affected is an unknown function of the component APC Handler. The manipulation as part of a NULL Byte leads to a poison null byte vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-626. The product does not properly handle null bytes or NUL characters when passing data between different representations or components. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Various APC functions accept keys containing null bytes as input, leading to premature truncation of input. This issue affects HHVM versions prior to 3.30.12, all versions between 4.0.0 and 4.8.5, all versions between 4.9.0 and 4.23.1, as well as 4.24.0, 4.25.0, 4.26.0, 4.27.0, 4.28.0, and 4.28.1.

The weakness was shared 12/04/2019 (GitHub Repository). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-11936 since 05/13/2019. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-146663 and VDB-146661 are related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Name

• HHVM

Version

• 3.30.0
• 3.30.1
• 3.30.2
• 3.30.3
• 3.30.4
• 3.30.5
• 3.30.6
• 3.30.7
• 3.30.8
• 3.30.9
• 3.30.10
• 3.30.11
• 4.0
• 4.1
• 4.2
• 4.3
• 4.3.0
• 4.4
• 4.5
• 4.6
• 4.7
• 4.8
• 4.8.0
• 4.8.1
• 4.8.2
• 4.8.3
• 4.8.4
• 4.9
• 4.10
• 4.11
• 4.12
• 4.13
• 4.14
• 4.15
• 4.16
• 4.17
• 4.18
• 4.19
• 4.20
• 4.21
• 4.22
• 4.23
• 4.24
• 4.24.0
• 4.25
• 4.25.0
• 4.26
• 4.26.0
• 4.27
• 4.27.0
• 4.28.0
• 4.28.1

License

• open-source

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