PHP prior 5.1.0 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in PHP. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2010-4697. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in PHP (Programming Language Software). Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Zend engine in PHP before 5.2.15 and 5.3.x before 5.3.4 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) or have unspecified other impact via vectors related to use of __set, __get, __isset, and __unset methods on objects accessed by a reference.

The weakness was released 01/18/2011 (Website). The advisory is available at bugs.php.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-4697. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 57925 (Debian DSA-2408-1 : php5 - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165188 (SUSE Security Update for Multiple Packages (SUSE-SR:2011:006)).

Upgrading to version 5.1.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (57925), SecurityFocus (BID 45952†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-29359†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-55664, VDB-56108, VDB-56107 and VDB-56974. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 57925
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-2408-1 : php5 - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 71135
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2408-1 (php5)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PHP 5.1.0

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12/08/2010 🔍
01/18/2011 +40 days 🔍
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01/25/2011 +7 days 🔍
02/14/2012 +385 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1129 days 🔍
10/12/2021 +2399 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: php.org

Advisory: DSA-2408
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-4697 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-4697
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-56106

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X-Force: 65310
SecurityFocus: 45952 - PHP Zend Engine (CVE-2010-4697) Use-after-free Heap Corruption Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 29359 - PHP Prior to 5.2.15 and 5.3.x before 5.3.4 Remote DoS Vulnerability due to Heap Memory Corruption, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 23:27
Updated: 10/12/2021 14:25
Changes: 03/19/2015 23:27 (61), 03/14/2017 11:46 (8), 10/12/2021 14:17 (5), 10/12/2021 14:21 (1), 10/12/2021 14:25 (2)
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