PHP up to 5.5.37/5.6.23/7.0.8 _gdContributionsAlloc integer coercion

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in PHP up to 5.5.37/5.6.23/7.0.8. Affected by this issue is the function _gdContributionsAlloc. Such manipulation leads to integer coercion. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in PHP up to 5.5.37/5.6.23/7.0.8 (Programming Language Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function _gdContributionsAlloc. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer coercion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-192. Integer coercion refers to a set of flaws pertaining to the type casting, extension, or truncation of primitive data types. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 07/21/2016 as Version 7.0.9 as confirmed changelog (Website). The advisory is shared for download at php.net. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 5.5.38, 5.6.24 or 7.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The entries VDB-90198, VDB-90199, VDB-90200 and VDB-90201 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Programming Language Software

Name

• PHP

Version

• 5.5.0
• 5.5.1
• 5.5.2
• 5.5.3
• 5.5.4
• 5.5.5
• 5.5.6
• 5.5.7
• 5.5.8
• 5.5.9
• 5.5.10
• 5.5.11
• 5.5.12
• 5.5.13
• 5.5.14
• 5.5.15
• 5.5.16
• 5.5.17
• 5.5.18
• 5.5.19
• 5.5.20
• 5.5.21
• 5.5.22
• 5.5.23
• 5.5.24
• 5.5.25
• 5.5.26
• 5.5.27
• 5.5.28
• 5.5.29
• 5.5.30
• 5.5.31
• 5.5.32
• 5.5.33
• 5.5.34
• 5.5.35
• 5.5.36
• 5.5.37
• 5.6.0
• 5.6.1
• 5.6.2
• 5.6.3
• 5.6.4
• 5.6.5
• 5.6.6
• 5.6.7
• 5.6.8
• 5.6.9
• 5.6.10
• 5.6.11
• 5.6.12
• 5.6.13
• 5.6.14
• 5.6.15
• 5.6.16
• 5.6.17
• 5.6.18
• 5.6.19
• 5.6.20
• 5.6.21
• 5.6.22
• 5.6.23
• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.4
• 7.0.5
• 7.0.6
• 7.0.7
• 7.0.8

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://www.php.org/

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