PHP up to 5.5.14 use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHP up to 5.5.14. It has been declared as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to use after free. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-4670. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in PHP up to 5.5.14 (Programming Language Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is availability.

The weakness was disclosed 07/09/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at support.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-4670 since 06/26/2014. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 76929 (openSUSE Security Update : openSUSE-2014- (openSUSE-2014--1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169006 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for php53 (SUSE-SU-2016:1638-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (94458), Tenable (76929), SecurityFocus (BID 68513†), OSVDB (108947†) and Secunia (SA59831†). The entries VDB-1062, VDB-4322, VDB-67021 and VDB-67051 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 76929
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : openSUSE-2014- (openSUSE-2014--1)
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OpenVAS ID: 703008
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3008-1 (php5 - security update)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Product: php.org

Advisory: 67538
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-4670 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-4670
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67052

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X-Force: 94458 - PHP ext/spl/spl_dllist.c denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 68513
Secunia: 59831 - Ubuntu update for php, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 108947
Vulnerability Center: 45548 - PHP <5.4.32, <5.5.15 Local DoS or Other Impact Vulnerability in SPL Component via Crafted iterator Usage, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/15/2014 12:02
Updated: 02/08/2022 23:00
Changes: 07/15/2014 12:02 (77), 06/02/2017 08:06 (4), 02/08/2022 22:37 (4), 02/08/2022 22:46 (1), 02/08/2022 23:00 (1)
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