PHP up to 5.4.40/5.5.24/5.6.8 Multipart POST resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in PHP up to 5.4.40/5.5.24/5.6.8. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Multipart POST Handler. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2015-4024. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in PHP up to 5.4.40/5.5.24/5.6.8 (Programming Language Software). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Multipart POST Handler. 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 availability.

The weakness was released 05/14/2015 as confirmed changelog entry (Website). The advisory is shared for download at php.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-4024 since 05/18/2015. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 83973 (Amazon Linux AMI : php54 (ALAS-2015-534)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350168 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for php54: ALAS-2015-534).

Upgrading to version 5.4.41, 5.5.25 or 5.6.9 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 20361.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (83973), SecurityFocus (BID 74903†), SecurityTracker (ID 1032432†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-52134†). Further details are available at bugs.php.net. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-67396, VDB-67398, VDB-67420 and VDB-67724. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 83973
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : php54 (ALAS-2015-534)
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OpenVAS ID: 703280
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3280-1 (php5 - security update)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PHP 5.4.41/5.5.25/5.6.9
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Sourcesinfo

Product: php.org

Advisory: 69364
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-4024 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-4024
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-75636

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SecurityFocus: 74903 - PHP 'main/rfc1867.c' Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1032432 - PHP Multipart POST Request Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 52134 - PHP 5.4 - 5.4.40, 5.5 - 5.5.24, 5.6 - 5.6.8 Remote DoS in Multipart / form-data, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/01/2015 10:16
Updated: 05/19/2022 18:11
Changes: 06/01/2015 10:16 (67), 10/16/2017 09:11 (15), 05/19/2022 17:55 (4), 05/19/2022 18:03 (1), 05/19/2022 18:11 (1)
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