PHP up to 5.3.1 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHP up to 5.3.1. It has been classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-2093. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHP up to 5.3.1 (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in the request shutdown functionality in PHP 5.2 before 5.2.13 and 5.3 before 5.3.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a stream context structure that is freed before destruction occurs.

The weakness was disclosed 05/27/2010 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at php-security.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-2093. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56459 (GLSA-201110-06 : PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165197 (SUSE Security Update for Multiple Packages (SUSE-SR:2010:018)).

Upgrading to version 5.2.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (56459) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27250†). The entries VDB-53487, VDB-53395, VDB-53394 and VDB-53391 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Programming Language Software

Name

• PHP

Version

• 5.2.0
• 5.2.1
• 5.2.2
• 5.2.3
• 5.2.4
• 5.2.5
• 5.2.6
• 5.2.7
• 5.2.8
• 5.2.9
• 5.2.10
• 5.2.11
• 5.2.12
• 5.3.0
• 5.3.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://www.php.org/

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 56459
Nessus Name: GLSA-201110-06 : PHP: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 70769
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201110-06 (php)
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PHP 5.2.7

Timelineinfo

05/27/2010 🔍
05/27/2010 +0 days 🔍
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05/27/2010 +0 days 🔍
09/21/2010 +117 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1640 days 🔍
02/01/2025 +3607 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: php.org

Advisory: php-security.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2010-2093 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2093
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53387
Vulnerability Center: 27250 - PHP 5.2-5.2.12 and 5.3-5.3.1 Remote Use-After-Free Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 02/01/2025 20:47
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (55), 03/06/2017 10:58 (6), 09/14/2021 11:00 (3), 09/14/2021 11:05 (1), 02/01/2025 20:47 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:E5A:103

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