PHP 4.4.5/4.4.6 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in PHP 4.4.5/4.4.6. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2007-1711. In addition, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHP 4.4.5/4.4.6 (Programming Language Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Double free vulnerability in the unserializer in PHP 4.4.5 and 4.4.6 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code by overwriting variables pointing to (1) the GLOBALS array or (2) the session data in _SESSION. NOTE: this issue was introduced when attempting to patch CVE-2007-1701 (MOPB-31-2007).

The bug was discovered 03/25/2007. The weakness was presented 03/26/2007 by Stefan Esser (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at issues.rpath.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-1711 since 03/26/2007. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25043 (CentOS 3 / 4 : php (CESA-2007:0155)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 156177 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for PHP (ELSA-2007-0155)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (33575), Exploit-DB (3586), Tenable (25043), SecurityFocus (BID 23121†) and OSVDB (33946†). See VDB-2887, VDB-3288, VDB-3281 and VDB-3286 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 25043
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : php (CESA-2007:0155)
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OpenVAS ID: 58334
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1282-1 (php4)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Product: php.org

Advisory: issues.rpath.com⛔
Researcher: Stefan Esser
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-1711 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1711
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-35863

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X-Force: 33575
SecurityFocus: 23121 - PHP Session_Decode Double Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 24910
OSVDB: 33946 - CVE-2007-1711 - PHP - Double Free Issue
Vulnerability Center: 14919 - PHP Unserializer Double Free Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2732

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 12/27/2024 16:30
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (81), 07/18/2019 11:04 (6), 12/27/2024 16:30 (19)
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Cache ID: 216:6A0:103

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