PHP up to 5.4.23 gdxpm.c gdImageCreateFromXpm resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in PHP up to 5.4.23. This impacts the function gdImageCreateFromXpm of the file gdxpm.c. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2014-2497. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in PHP up to 5.4.23 (Programming Language Software). Affected by this issue is the function gdImageCreateFromXpm of the file gdxpm.c. 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. CVE summarizes:

The gdImageCreateFromXpm function in gdxpm.c in libgd, as used in PHP 5.4.26 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted color table in an XPM file.

The weakness was released 03/21/2014 as Bug 1076676 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-2497 since 03/14/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 78004 (Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : php / php53 (ELSA-2014-1326)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350314 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for php55: ALAS-2014-415).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (91917), Tenable (78004), SecurityFocus (BID 66233†), Secunia (SA59652†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-48423†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-11512 and VDB-67420. 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: 78004
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : php / php53 (ELSA-2014-1326)
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OpenVAS ID: 14611
OpenVAS Name: Amazon Linux Local Check: ALAS-2014-415
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03/21/2014 +7 days 🔍
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07/07/2014 +108 days 🔍
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02/06/2022 +2511 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: php.org

Advisory: Bug 1076676
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-2497 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-2497
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-66746

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X-Force: 91917
SecurityFocus: 66233 - php-gd 'gdxpm.c' NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 59652 - SUSE update for php5, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 48423 - PHP <5.4.32,<5.5.16 Remote DoS Vulnerability via a Crafted XPM File, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 02/06/2022 08:37
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (68), 06/19/2017 08:21 (15), 02/06/2022 08:37 (3)
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