PHP up to 5.6.11 GD Extension imagefilltoborder memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in PHP up to 5.6.11. This issue affects the function imagefilltoborder of the component GD Extension. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2015-8874. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in PHP up to 5.6.11 (Programming Language Software). Affected by this issue is the function imagefilltoborder of the component GD Extension. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Stack consumption vulnerability in GD in PHP before 5.6.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted imagefilltoborder call.

The weakness was published 05/16/2016 (Website). The advisory is available at bugs.php.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-8874 since 05/15/2016. 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 91423 (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.10 / 16.04 LTS : libgd2 vulnerabilities (USN-2987-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196486 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Libgd2 Vulnerabilities (USN-2987-1)).

Upgrading to version 5.6.12 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (91423). Similar entries are available at VDB-67396, VDB-67398, VDB-67420 and VDB-67724. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 91423
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.10 / 16.04 LTS : libgd2 vulnerabilities (USN-2987-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 14611
OpenVAS Name: Amazon Linux Local Check: alas-2016-728
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PHP 5.6.12

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05/31/2016 +14 days 🔍
06/01/2016 +1 days 🔍
08/19/2022 +2270 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: php.org

Advisory: USN-2987-1
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-8874 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-8874
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87410

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/17/2016 10:30
Updated: 08/19/2022 14:34
Changes: 05/17/2016 10:30 (66), 11/27/2018 10:40 (11), 08/19/2022 14:33 (4), 08/19/2022 14:34 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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