PHP up to 5.6.24/7.0.9 ISO 8601 Time ext/wddx/wddx.c php_wddx_process_data input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in PHP up to 5.6.24/7.0.9. Affected by this vulnerability is the function php_wddx_process_data of the file ext/wddx/wddx.c of the component ISO 8601 Time Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to input validation. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2016-7129. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in PHP up to 5.6.24/7.0.9 (Programming Language Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function php_wddx_process_data of the file ext/wddx/wddx.c of the component ISO 8601 Time Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The php_wddx_process_data function in ext/wddx/wddx.c in PHP before 5.6.25 and 7.x before 7.0.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an invalid ISO 8601 time value, as demonstrated by a wddx_deserialize call that mishandles a dateTime element in a wddxPacket XML document.

The weakness was presented 09/12/2016 (Website). The advisory is available at openwall.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-7129 since 09/02/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 900012 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169168 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for php53 (SUSE-SU-2016:2328-1)).

Upgrading to version 5.6.25 or 7.0.10 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (900012) and SecurityFocus (BID 92758†). See VDB-3695, VDB-5786, VDB-5794 and VDB-9021 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 900012
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OpenVAS ID: 54857
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for php7.0 USN-3095-1
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PHP 5.6.25/7.0.10
Patch: github.com

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Product: php.org

Advisory: 72749
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CVE: CVE-2016-7129 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7129
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91498

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SecurityFocus: 92758 - PHP 'wddx_deserialize()' Function Denial of Service Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1036680

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/12/2016 17:53
Updated: 09/15/2022 19:20
Changes: 09/12/2016 17:53 (62), 04/15/2019 16:29 (12), 09/15/2022 19:12 (6), 09/15/2022 19:20 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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